Fight The TX Responsibility Program

Sign the petition at: http://www.petitiononline.com/TXDRP07/petition.html. ------------------------------------------------------------ -Thank you for looking at my page: your opinion is welcomed and appreciated. ............................................................ ..My name is Mary Moody and I'm a victim of the Texas Driver Responsibility Law. First off: please go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5SU95y_oo, for my story and how I became involved.................................................... ............. Presently, I refuse to pay the TX Department of Public Safety's Surcharge Department for a surcharge they waited FOUR YEARS to collect on. No one told me about the DRL and the fees I would have to pay in the future. Yes, that means my court judge, state appointed attorney for the prosecution, TX DPS Clerks and Supervisors - NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THE TX DRL WHEN I SPECIFICALLY ASKED WHAT FUTURE FINES I MUST PAY. I'm working very hard to abolish the TX DRL. The state of Virginia repealed their DRL in March 2008, it's time for Texas to follow. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ________What is the Texas Responsibility Program? The Driver Responsibility Program was passed into law as part of House bill 3588, article 10 by Texas 78th State Legislature TRC 708. (The text of the law is located at http://www.capitol.state.tx.us, page 152 of the Adobe text version.)establishes a system which assigns points to moving violations classified as Class C misdemeanors and applies surcharges to offenders, based upon the type of offense and the time period in which the citation was received. For each conviction, DPS will assign points to a person’s driver record as follows:.................................................... ....... If you receive a ticket for driving with out a valid Driver's License, Car Insurance, or cited for a DWI or DUI, you receive extra fees in addition to your court/ticket costs. If you gain 6 or more points on your Driving Record, then you are fined an additional surcharge fee. (the list of violations that gain you the points is over 5 pages long!)All surcharges assessed for this program are in addition to all other reinstatement fees required (which total around $225 to get your Driver's License Re-Instated)for other administrative actions (an additional $75) and do not replace any administrative suspension, revocation, disqualification or cancellation action that results from these same convictions. ____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________WH O GETS THE MONEY?----------According to the TX DRL, 49.5% goes to the Trauma/Hospitals of Texas, 49.5% goes to the TX Mobility Fund.................................................... ........................................................... I WILL NOT STOP!!!! THE DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY LAW IS A VIOLATION OF OUR TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND IS A GREEDY PROGRAM!