On Tuesday, February 12, at the building of the city hall of new York gathered lawyers and public figures, calling authorities as soon as possible to toughen the penalties for dangerous driving.
Before the legislators of the city project Accountability Reckless Driver offers to put the reckless drivers on the road and more severely punished for violating traffic rules.
According to a member of the city Council of new York brad Lander, to begin work on this bill it was inspired by a tragedy that occurred in March 2018. Then Dorothy Bruns, driving through a red light, flew to the sidewalk, where it knocked down 2 children. Also injured the pregnant woman. The investigation revealed that earlier in Bruns had more than 10 violations, including passing a red light. In the fall of 2018 Bruns has committed suicide.
«For such foolish people a car is a weapon aimed at our children, at our neighbours,» said brad Lander at city hall.
New bill aims to prevent such tragedies. He suggested that drivers with 5 violations or more confiscated cars as long as they do not pass a special «correctional» defensive driving course.
«In 2009 my wife near Prospect Park was hit by a truck. The driver was a multiple offender. He is free, and my wife was left with an incurable brain damage,» says the new Yorker’s Richard Jones.
According to preliminary information, the majority of the members of the city Council supports the bill, so that it may approve in the coming weeks.
