Jim Ryan, D-Franklin, who chairs the House Transportation Committee, said he's sensitive to those concerns. "Through no fault of my own I had to pay the DMV this fee, the DMV says it is (E-ZPass') fault, (E-ZPass) says it's the NHDOT's fault and they say (it's) the DMV's fault," the reader wrote. He said he fought the violation in court, and even though it was ruled the system made an error he had to pay $175 to restore his license. Such a "check system" - set up to catch a "problem before its gets to suspension level" - wasn't in place before, Mulcahey-Hampson said.Ī second improvement is having the Division of Motor Vehicles inform ACS when the state agency receives confirmation that drivers have cleared up billing issues, she said.īefore, "it was just assumed they got it," opening the door to trouble and headaches if, for example, there's a computer glitch that blocked DMV from receiving ACS' information, Mulcahey-Hampson said.Īn agreement was also reached limiting the number of cases ACS could send the state at once, in hopes of keeping the workload manageable, Mulcahey-Hampson said.Ī Lee resident emailed Foster's recently to say last Easter he was stopped by police for an E-ZPass violation that - unbeknownst to him - led to his license being suspended. These days, DOT now reviews each instance where the state's E-ZPass vendor and administrator, N.J.-based Affiliated Computer Services, requests driving privileges be suspended for alleged violators. Mulcahey-Hampson said she's aware of at least eight cases where drivers were arrested despite being up to date with their bills. She had known the system had the wrong license plate number for her, and she tried to fix it but to no avail, according to news reports. A Bedford real estate agent with a spotless driving record was arrested for the same reason after police discovered an unpaid E-ZPass toll. In one case, a Wolfeboro teacher paid the toll, but it didn't get processed, his license was suspended and he was arrested. There have been several cases this year where drivers were arrested for having suspended licenses due to human errors or glitches in the E-ZPass system - and the state thought it was fair to begin adhering to the law now, Mulcahey-Hampson said. We don't know if it's intentional or unintentional," said Mulcahey-Hampson.ĭrivers operating a vehicle with a suspended license are subject to arrest, and if they're caught operating an unregistered vehicle their vehicle could be impounded, she said. The reason for the change in law is simple: "We didn't want people to end up facing possible arrest or impoundment of their vehicle for a toll violation. Instead of facing suspension of their driver's license and vehicle registration, targeted drivers will be blocked when they go to renew their registration. 1, 2009, a new law takes effect that lessens the consequences for drivers who fail to respond to, or act on, violation notices. "They're not going through suspension mode."īy Jan. "We're just not putting them through" the system, said Kathleen Mulcahey-Hampson, the Department of Transportation's senior hearing examiner. DOVER - At least 1,700 New Hampshire drivers hit with E-ZPass violations haven't had to worry about losing their driving privileges since late May, when the state decided to freeze punitive action in anticipation of a new law.
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