Get the facts on how driver’s license suspensions impact communities.

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Fast Facts

  • Ohio is #2 in the nation for debt-related driver’s suspensions.
  • Ohio imposes over 3 million debt-related suspensions annually.
  • Debt-related suspensions occur all across Ohio, but at a higher rate in urban areas.
  • Debt-related suspensions cost residents of Ohio’s highest-poverty zip codes an average of $7.9 million each year.
  • Debt-related suspensions cost residents of Ohio’s zip codes with the highest percent people of color an average of $12 million each year.
  • New York, Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota, Montana, Colorado, and nine other states no longer suspend, revoke, or block driver’s licenses based on unpaid fines or fees.