Ways of getting to work and around town continue to diversify, and under current law a traffic ticket is the only penalty for a negligent driver that seriously injures a vulnerable user of the road. Vulnerable users include pedestrians, bicyclists, people on farm tractors and animals, and other users.
Under the Fitzgibbon-supported legislation, the default penalty would be $5,000 and a suspension of their driver’s license for 90 days. Fitzgibbon on the bill:
This bill aims to protect all of our neighbors as we move around our communities. If an inattentive driver causes serious injury or kills a pedestrian, they should be treated differently with a punishment that better fits the severity of the crash.You can read the press release here and watch the bill signing through TVW below:
To read this blog post in Spanish, go here.
