He was charged $700 for calling 911 after fender-bender

It’s called Florida’s “Crash Tax.”

It was bad enough when Matthew Norville rear-ended another driver, crushing the front end of his own car.

A few weeks later, the Pensacola college student got a $714 bill to cover the cost of the county police and firefighters who responded.

"When you have an accident you're taught to call 911," said Norville's mom, Amy. "It never occurred to us that there would be a charge for them."

Florida lawmakers are considering a ban on such fees, dubbed "crash taxes" by detractors who say they're unfair and not always covered by insurance.

Six other states - Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee and Georgia - already prohibit them, and Alabama and California may do the same.

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