Opinion

People need more time to pay fines

Posted October 31, 2009 11:00 pm

I liked the article that Marni Pyke wrote about the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.

My daughter was driving our car in 2007 and did not pay some tolls. We got a notice of toll way violations. I understand they have to collect the money, but the system is not fair.

My daughter is a college student so we did go to a hearing (waste of time). They have two years to get out notices which is way too long, but no payment plan to pay the fine back. They should never have waited two years to let us know that there was a problem.

Plus they don't take personal checks. Since they can go back two years, we should have two years to pay back our fines. You cannot expect someone to pay hundreds of dollars in fines in just 21 days.

It is too late for me, but hopefully something will be done. This is another corrupt organization in our state.

Barb Gerber

Wheeling

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