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.

In a state with 1M license suspensions, Ohio voter ID law could depress turnout - Ohio Capital Journal

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

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

Suspension of driver's license for unpaid fines counterproductive

Ohio Poverty Law Center - Posted @withrepost • @legalaidcle “Debt-related suspensions” (DRS) trap people with limited means in an impossible cycle: they cannot afford the required payments, so they need to work

Pa. suspends driver's licenses for some non-driving drug offenses

Ohio driver's license suspended? Here's how to get it back

The poverty penalty: Should states suspend driver's licenses for court scofflaws? - WHYY

Full article: Understanding the Impact of Driver's License Suspension: Lay Opinion in Impacted and Non-Impacted Populations

New ACLU Report Finds Debt-Based Driver's License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources