Under this new law, Michigan driver responsibility fees would be phased out faster.

In 2002, the state of Michigan signed into law a policy aimed at penalizing drivers who repeatedly violate traffic safety laws. Driver responsibility fees, they were dubbed, and they range from $100 all the way up to $2,000. Since 2003, however, these fees have come under fire. They’ve been called nothing more than a government “money grab” which negatively impacts low-income drivers, as they are usually the ones who cannot afford to pay. This in turn leads to an endless cycle of debt and incarceration. Those in favor of the fees argue that nobody forces any drivers to violate the law and get hit with those fees in the first place.

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There are people who believe that while arson, assault and burglary are “big deal” crimes, drunk driving isn’t a real issue, and won’t be taken seriously by the cops and the prosecutor’s office. Therefore, they think it isn’t something they need to worry about. Well, boy are they wrong!

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The Michigan Supreme Court has finally weighed in on whether or not you can be arrested for driving drunk in your own driveway.

If you follow our blog regularly, you’ll remember an article we posted a few months ago about a man in Michigan who was arrested for drunk driving in his own driveway. The case made headlines as it traveled through the courts and ended up before the Michigan Supreme Court, where a solution has finally been found. Curious about how it all happened? It all started in a driveway in Northville, Michigan, near Detroit.

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