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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with this is it ends up raising your auto insurance.

Those that cannot afford a license cannot afford auto insurance.  Everyone's rates go up from uninsured motorist accidents.

People that cannot afford a license and cannot afford auto insurance should be taking the bus or biking to work.[/quote]

Nobody said that it's ok to drive without a license. Merely that higher fines will not deter people from doing so.[/quote]

How about jail time, would that defer people? [/quote]

Unlikely. As posters on DCUM keep repeating, in many parts of Montgomery County, it's hard to get around without a car. Compare the urgency of "if I get caught, I might go to jail" to "if I don't get to work, I will lose my job".[/quote]

If that’s the case, they shouldn’t live in a place where they need a car to get around.[/quote]

I agree, there needs to be lot more housing in places where you don't need a car to get around, and there also needs to be a lot more focus on making it possible in more places for people to get around without a car (for example, with buses, on bikes, on e-scooters, or walking).[/quote]

That’s true, but county residents get pretty distrustful of that movement because, for some strange reason, people continue to push their sleazy upzoning schemes in SFH areas, so we are forced to not support any of it.[/quote]

Well, [u]some[/u] county residents. But they are in the minority. There's nothing sleazy about advocating for more housing near public transportation and more public transportation near housing.[/quote]

Neither of those things has anything do to with zoning changes, so by all means, do all of that within the confines of appropriately zoned areas.

In any case, if it’s such a minority against, the changes should easily pass if put onto a ballot.  Let’s vote like we should have with Thrive 2050…I wonder why they didn’t want to put that in a ballot?[/quote]

Because under current law, master plans are adopted by county council vote, not public referendum.[/quote]

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