If you didnt know how Drivers Responsibility fee works heres how it works: Youre stopped because youre plates are expired, or you have a cracked windsheld or what ever-- the officer at the scene notifies you that your license is suspended. A either you are ticketed and let go or you are arrested. You probally had no idea that they where suspended. Dont have any tickets. Didnt cause an accident. Didnt fail to pay damages and your not a recovering drunken driver. So you plead guilty to DWLS and the penaly?face stiff fees, fines,jail Secretary of the State steps in and assesses a like fee. So if your license was suspended (unknown to you) for a year then the SOS suspends them for another year. And here is the icing on the cake: more drivers respondsibility fees. In this case $500.00 per year for the next two years! Plus the typical $750.00 charge for the plea in court and you dont get your license for two years!!!!!