Dusty wrote:
I was wondering about this the other day...

What if.. a state that a person had a CS order/issue with (but you
didn't live there) could issue an order to another state (where you
live) to suspend your drivers license? And if so, how is that legal?

It seems to me to be an extreme step. To with-hold a person's
"right" to drive (i.e.; get to work, the grocery store, see one's
children, etc..) would be a gross violation of the a person's right
to work and a whole host of other things.

Think of it.. you wake up tomorrow morning and find that your license
to drive is no more. How do you get to work? This would not be a
big deal for someone living in a major city, public transportation is
practically on every other street corner. But say, you don't live in
a major (hell, even a minor) city and you commute several miles to
get to work. What do you do then?

The way I see it is kinda like this... You have your license
suspended because CSE says you're in arrears of X amount, you need to
drive 20 - 25 miles to get to work (maybe less, maybe more.. hell,
maybe a lot more) and back. What do you do?

Sure, you could ask a co-worker to drive an additional few miles to
pick you up and drop you off - every day. But we all know that's
gonna get old real fast.

What can a person do, legally speaking, to fight this sort of thing
(yeah, yeah, "get a lawyer")? You need to keep your job, so you can
pay your CS, but you can't drive to get there so you're about to
loose your job... forget taking cabs back and forth (because of the
cost). And forget busses. Do you say "what the f*ck" and drive
anyway? And what happens if you get caught driving without your
license? What then, other then watch your car get towed to the
impound lot, do you do?

The taking of Driver's Licenses sounds good in a sound-bite get-tough
kind of way, but it makes absolutely zero sense, as you point out. For
people who *won't* pay, I could care less what happens to them. For
those who *can't* pay, this does absolutely nothing to help them, or
the kids. (It is about the "best interests of the kids", right?) In
fact, all it does is make the situation worse for those they are
purportedly trying to help.

I've never been faced with this situation, but I have thought about
what I'd do if I were. I'd keep driving. Simple as that. The other
choices would pale in comparison. I'd buy cheap cars just in case they
got impounded, but I'd keep driving.

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~Author Unknown