Under the program, eligible fees, fines, and costs due to traffic violations would be waived in Cook County for people experiencing financial hardship. The program was established in 2021 with a sunset of 2024. It was extended through this year, but state lawmakers voted to make the program permanent during this past legislative session.
Granny drives a black dodge charger that has wore out speed cameras and parks wherever she pleases. Give her a break , her kid could be worse
Old Joe
10 months ago
Gosh, to think I actually paid traffic tickets. Parking tickets too. What’s wrong with me? Where can I get some help and a refund on past tickets paid. I’m a retiree experiencing a fixed income.
Hello, Indiana!
10 months ago
Can’t imagine why the cost of driving and maintaining a vehicle is sky high in IL. If a parking ticket is going to put you out on the street, perhaps you can’t afford a vehicle. People that actually do maintain their vehicles, pay insurance, licenses, plates, city stickers, etc. must be the type of people that are expected to compensate for other drivers financial shortcomings.
Mathias
10 months ago
“We do not believe someone should be forced into homelessness because they can’t afford to pay a speeding ticket.” Of course, these supposedly poor people could choose to obey traffic laws and not have to worry about getting a ticket, but that would be unthinkable. Our society is relentlessly intent on insulating people from the consequences of their behavior. If speeding tickets were truly capable of making people homeless maybe we would finally see a reduction in speeding “This new law extends grace to some of the most vulnerable members of our community, and I am proud to be a… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
What dollar amount is considered low income ?
Granny drives a black dodge charger that has wore out speed cameras and parks wherever she pleases. Give her a break , her kid could be worse
Gosh, to think I actually paid traffic tickets. Parking tickets too. What’s wrong with me? Where can I get some help and a refund on past tickets paid. I’m a retiree experiencing a fixed income.
Can’t imagine why the cost of driving and maintaining a vehicle is sky high in IL. If a parking ticket is going to put you out on the street, perhaps you can’t afford a vehicle. People that actually do maintain their vehicles, pay insurance, licenses, plates, city stickers, etc. must be the type of people that are expected to compensate for other drivers financial shortcomings.
“We do not believe someone should be forced into homelessness because they can’t afford to pay a speeding ticket.” Of course, these supposedly poor people could choose to obey traffic laws and not have to worry about getting a ticket, but that would be unthinkable. Our society is relentlessly intent on insulating people from the consequences of their behavior. If speeding tickets were truly capable of making people homeless maybe we would finally see a reduction in speeding “This new law extends grace to some of the most vulnerable members of our community, and I am proud to be a… Read more »
Equity always comes at an expense to someone else. It is soft Marxism through and through.