“I didn’t see” are the three little words that car and truck drivers have used over and over to avoid being charged with anything more than a traffic fine when they kill a pedestrian or cyclist.
It is time to change that. We now have both Cascade Bicycle Club and Bicycle Alliance of Washington pushing the state legislature to adopt a law similar to the one that Oregon adopted last year.
Help Cascade in their effort to pass this legislation.
What SB 5838 does:
· Amends Negligent Driving 2, an infraction
· Imposes an additional $250 fine
· Requires court appearance
· Requires completion of a traffic safety course
· Court can impose up to 200 hours of community service related to traffic safety
· If the traffic safety course and community service are not completed within a year, court can suspend driving privileges and impose fine of up to $5000
If you can, please go to Olympia next week and talk to your representatives in person and urge them to support this bill.
Tags: Law, Legislators, Vulnerable User Law
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