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Bill author says "overly punitive" Driver Responsibility surcharge a "mistake"

Houston Chronicle coverage of proposed changes to the so-called Driver Responsibility surcharge rules included a couple of notable quotes ("Critics: Law puts drivers on road to ruin," March 21):Mothers Against Drunk Driving supports the law but did not lobby against last year's attempts to repeal the program, said Bill Lewis, public policy liaison for MADD's Texas office.?We can't point to anything that says that law has caused a decline in alcohol-related fatalities,? Lewis said. ?We're not going to go nuts if the Legislature decides they want to repeal it.?What's more: Former state Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, who authored the omnibus transportation law that led to the program's approval, concedes that allowing the surcharges was a bad move...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 21, 2010 (boomark / email).