For a long time, drivers should be the road rules for emergency vehicles. In Colorado, it is the law. It has been almost two years. Now, breaking this law will be more severely punished than ever. At the end of the latest legislative meeting, a proposal was made - Senate Bill 229 - Careless driving in the vicinity of emergency responders, trailers and utility vehicles, causing a minor misdemeanor. The conviction will be punishable by imprisonment for 12 to 18 months and a fine of $5,000.
Senate Bill recognizes Slain Troopers
from
After a pair of Colorado Highway patrols died in various anecdotal escapes at the end of last year, legislators drafted the bill, which is currently awaiting his signature on the governor's desk. Legislators even nicknamed the pending law "moving for the Cody Act" to commemorate one of the two soldiers killed in the last few days.
On November 25, 2016, a tractor trailer stuck and killed Trooper Cody Donahue, near Interstate Highway 25 near Castle Rock, Colorado. Donahue was responding to another incident near the highway. Less than two weeks ago, a drunk driver returned home from the Denver Broncos football game and defeated Trooper Jaimie Jursevics as she tried to beat him on Castle Rock's I-25. The offenders tested more than four times the legal limit of alcohol.
Careless driving
from
Many people want the governor to sign this legislation, which will also exacerbate the punishment for careless driving, resulting in death from a first-degree misdemeanor to a sixth-degree felony, including 12-18 months of imprisonment and a fine of up to 100,000. Dollar.
As they approached emergency vehicles and trailers, the Colorado driver reportedly "should be cautious and enter the lane through at least one moving lane to create access." The new law also includes utility vehicles. The "Motion of Cody Act" will take effect on September 1, 2017, which coincides with all highway traffic on the Labor Day weekend.
Unfortunately, we are all very familiar with the consequences of this catastrophic injury and loss. As the summer driving season approaches, help those who help us, transfer to emergency vehicles, trailer drivers, and utility vehicles parked on the side of the road.
Orignal From: What happened to Colorado? ' What does the law mean for you?
No comments:
Post a Comment