Jun 14
Town of Davie charging fees for auto accidents?
I just read this in the Sun Sentinel.
Davie may charges fees of $840 — or more — to drivers blamed for serious crashes
By Susannah Bryan
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
June 14, 2007
DAVIE · Passing through? Better drive carefully.
Davie may soon impose fees on motorists cited in traffic accidents on state highways and county roads. Proponents say the fee would help recoup the cost of the town's police and fire services at a time municipalities are bracing for state-imposed tax cuts.
A proposal tentatively approved by Town Council members last week would let the town bill insurance companies of residents and nonresidents. Should a resident's insurance company refuse to pay the claim, the town would write off the charge. But nonresidents would get a bill.
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