Platz v. State, Transportation Department

Judge LANSING,

specially concurring.

These consolidated cases amply demonstrate that the procedures to challenge administrative driver’s license suspensions and commercial driving privileges that are mandated by statute and that have evolved administratively are cumbersome, redundant, and unnecessarily time-consuming, and therefore unnecessarily expensive for both the driver and ITD. The interests of all participants would be well served by a thorough revision of the statutes and administrative rules to interject more coherence, coordination, and efficiency into the process and ensure its overall fairness.

Judge MELANSON concurs in the special concurrence.