
Without a license, you can’t take your children to school, buy groceries, or get healthcare.


86% of Americans drive to work and many jobs require a driver’s license. Get the facts about debt-based restrictions on drivingĭriver’s license suspensions cost people their livelihoods. Where does your state stand on debt-based driver’s license suspensions? Find out on our Free to Drive map. Hawaii, Maryland, Oregon, Virginia, West Virginia, and New YorkĪrkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Utah, and Washington enacted legislative reforms to end debt-based suspension. Montana, Texas, Mississippi, California, Idaho, Maine and D.C. have passed reforms to curb debt-based driving restrictions. In the last five years, 23 states and D.C. In 2019, over 100 ideologically diverse organizations launched Free to Drive: a coalition united by the belief that restrictions on driving privileges should be reserved for dangerous driving, not to coerce debt payment or to punish people who miss a court appearance.

The result: millions of people are struggling to survive with debt-related driving restrictions just because they could not afford a court fine or fee - or because they missed a court hearing. states still suspend, revoke or refuse to renew driver’s licenses for unpaid traffic, toll, misdemeanor and felony fines and fees. Free to Drive is a nationwide effort to end debt-based license restrictions
