For all of you who live in Washington State and have been thrown into this never ending hell of Driving While Lisence Suspended in the Third Degree, (usually unpaid tickets), please sign to make a change in this law. For ways in an attempt to clear your tickets such as community service or any suggestions are very much welcome. Instead of sitting in jail and loosing your job, and the tickets compilling up on you. Also some kind of relief of the 12% interest that the courts collection agency, AllianceOne insists on burrying you with along with ridiculous fees. These amounts are being dispursed out so that most of your money is going to their interest and fees and little to nothing to the actual ticket. Therefore a never ending interest rate climb on your ticket to never get paid off completely. If you drink and drive you get to keep your lisence and not sit in jail. But for unpaid tickets you sit longer than felony\'s sit. Help ease this law and change it to make the innocent not have to become criminals. Or be profiled as drug addicts because you can\'t afford to pay tickets, cause in the eyes of the law- you are! Thank-You!
I have been reading your comments and the stories about losing jobs over simple unpaid tickets are heartbreaking. This cycle of debt and jail time is destroying families and it is time for someone in a position of power to finally pay attention.
November 28, 2007
Seeing this momentum grow feels like a weight lifting because it proves I am not the only one trapped in this cycle of debt and court threats. My own life has been stalled for so long by these fees that I forgot what it was like to have people backing me up. We are going to keep pushing until the state stops treating us like criminals just because we cannot pay.
6 Comments
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Jason Sutton
19 years ago
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how is it fair that drunk drivers get a slap on the wrist while people with debt sit in a cell? fix this law now
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Mike Chen
19 years ago
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This state is a joke. I lost my job because I couldnt afford to pay a ticket off and then had to sit in jail for days. Total money grab.
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Amanda Fuentes
19 years ago
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I have been struggling with this for years. Its impossible to pay off when all my money goes to fees instead of the actual fine. Tired of falling behind.
J
Jessica Gutierrez
19 years ago
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let us do community service instead of jail. my license is my only way to get to work and now im stuck in a hole i cant climb out of.
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Brian Holmes
19 years ago
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WE NEED CHANGE. My life has been ruined over a simple license suspension. Sick of these collection agencies running our lives.
S
Sarah Mitchell
19 years ago
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AllianceOne is straight up robbery. 12 percent interest is predatory and keeps people trapped in a cycle they cant get out of.
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For all of you who live in Washington State and have been thrown into this never ending hell of Driving While Lisence Suspended in the Third Degree, (usually unpaid tickets), please sign to make a change in this law. For ways in an attempt to clear your tickets such as community service or any suggestions are very much welcome. Instead of sitting in jail and loosing your job, and the tickets compilling up on you. Also some kind of relief of the 12% interest that the courts collection agency, AllianceOne insists on burrying you with along with ridiculous fees. These amounts are being dispursed out so that most of your money is going to their interest and fees and little to nothing to the actual ticket. Therefore a never ending interest rate climb on your ticket to never get paid off completely. If you drink and drive you get to keep your lisence and not sit in jail. But for unpaid tickets you sit longer than felony\'s sit. Help ease this law and change it to make the innocent not have to become criminals. Or be profiled as drug addicts because you can\'t afford to pay tickets, cause in the eyes of the law- you are! Thank-You!
I have been reading your comments and the stories about losing jobs over simple unpaid tickets are heartbreaking. This cycle of debt and jail time is destroying families and it is time for someone in a position of power to finally pay attention.
November 28, 2007
Seeing this momentum grow feels like a weight lifting because it proves I am not the only one trapped in this cycle of debt and court threats. My own life has been stalled for so long by these fees that I forgot what it was like to have people backing me up. We are going to keep pushing until the state stops treating us like criminals just because we cannot pay.
6 Comments
J
Jason Sutton
19 years ago
Featured
how is it fair that drunk drivers get a slap on the wrist while people with debt sit in a cell? fix this law now
M
Mike Chen
19 years ago
Featured
This state is a joke. I lost my job because I couldnt afford to pay a ticket off and then had to sit in jail for days. Total money grab.
A
Amanda Fuentes
19 years ago
Featured
I have been struggling with this for years. Its impossible to pay off when all my money goes to fees instead of the actual fine. Tired of falling behind.
J
Jessica Gutierrez
19 years ago
Featured
let us do community service instead of jail. my license is my only way to get to work and now im stuck in a hole i cant climb out of.
B
Brian Holmes
19 years ago
Featured
WE NEED CHANGE. My life has been ruined over a simple license suspension. Sick of these collection agencies running our lives.
S
Sarah Mitchell
19 years ago
Featured
AllianceOne is straight up robbery. 12 percent interest is predatory and keeps people trapped in a cycle they cant get out of.
how is it fair that drunk drivers get a slap on the wrist while people with debt sit in a cell? fix this law now