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Many states still suspend driver's licenses for unpaid fines that are not related to driving

Sep 25, 2019
In some states, like Florida, government agencies depend on fines to make up budge shortfalls.
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The sticker shock of driver's ed may keep some teens from driving

Jan 26, 2018
There are lots of costs involved in getting a car: insurance, gas, the car itself. And for teens, there’s another cost: driver’s education. According to Kathi Valeii, a Pacific Standard Magazine contributor, this last cost is not insignificant; in Valeii’s home state of Michigan, the various fees that go into driver’s ed for teens can […]

You Hate My Job: I work at the DMV

Aug 7, 2013
Next in our series, "You Hate My Job" -- a day on the other side of the counter at the DMV.