Driver's License Suspensions and the Debt Trap

Taking away a license over unpaid fines for minor traffic infractions makes work and family life a misery for low-income Americans. States should reform this punitive, unjust practice.

Driver's License Suspensions Create Cycle of Debt - The New York Times

License suspensions disproportionately imposed on poor Ohioans, trapping them in debt

Driven Into Debt: The Importance of Reforming Wealth-Based Driver's License Suspension - Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts

Driver's License Suspension For Unpaid Taxes

DMV Suspended License Reinstatement – How to do it

Government Debt Gone Wild - ELGL

Florida's debt-based driver's license suspension policy benefits no one, drags economy

The Debt Trap: How Court Debt Widens the Racial Wealth Gap — Shelterforce

Bill passed to end driver's license suspensions for unpaid fines and fees

New York Ends a Punishment That Traps People in Poverty - The Appeal

Fines and Fees Justice Center