Insurance companies aren’t any happier with the fee. Motorists and insurers alike are speaking out against the crash tax that they are facing in some cities in California, where accident response fees are charged to victims of accidents, regardless of whether or not they were at fault for what happened. Drivers who are the victims of someone else’s negligence can be forced to pay $200 or more in fees for fire trucks. When firefighters are sent to the scene of an accident along with police and ambulances when an emergency…
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Newly proposed crash tax spreading throughout the U.S.
The Sacramento City Council, on Thursday, approved a new city ordinance, known as a “crash tax”, affecting out of town drivers. The tax will be levied against visiting drivers that get into accidents and the funds will be given to the fire department’s response services. The fee would only apply in the non-resident driver was found at fault by insurers. Business owners that live outside of the city but still have property within its limits would be exempt from the crash tax. The ordinance has strong opposition and many are…
Read MoreNew York’s fire department proposes unpopular “Crash Tax”
The Stanton Island City Council has been pushing around a new proposal that is being referred to as, “crash tax” This new fee will be assessed to both drivers, whether at fault or not, and can become effective as early as this July. The FDNY will charge $490 to each driver involved in accidents resulting in injuries, $415 for vehicle fires and $365 for just showing up. In a statement from FDNY spokesman Steve Ritea, “The intention here is to take the burden off of taxpayers and make the parties…
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