Please support it and call your representative. For most of us, that's Jeannette Wallace.
Bill URL. Be sure to copy the whole thing below.
year=09
NM Legislaturehttp://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/
For more info on the bill:
Dave Covert
Board Member
New Mexico Motorcyclists Rights Committee
505-844-2989 (day)
dcovert (at ) kcp (dot ) com (day)
505-896-2179 (night)
quietdave ( at) bikerider ( dot) com (night)
4 comments:
That's an interesting bill, although the penalties don't seem very stiff. What does the current law say? (if you know off the top of your head.)
I think the current penalties are even worse. Here is what the motorcyclist folks are using as a letter to the political folks.
Dear Representative Ofyourchoice:
I respectfully request that you support HB 290 Failure to Yield the Right of Way. This bill is sponsored by Representative Rick Miera with several co-sponsors. Some of the key points to this bill are:
a. The bill will increase the penalties imposed for Failing to Yield the Right of Way.
b. The current penalties for Failure to Yield is a fine of $25.00 to $50.00 no matter the severity of the accident. Careless driving which also falls under the Failure to Yield Statutes is only a $125.00 fine!
c. This bill would increase the penalties to $200.00 or 30 day suspension of drivers license for an accident causing NO great bodily harm or death.
d. Great Bodily harm would hold a penalty of $500.00 or 30 day suspension of drivers license.
e. Failing to Yield causing Death would hold a penalty of $1000.00 or 6 months suspension of drivers license.
Here is Jeannette's email
wallace@losalamos.com
THE PENALTIES SHOULD BE STIFFER FOR FAILURE TO YILED TO PEDESTRIANS OR BYCYCLISTS. I ALMOST LOST MY SISTER WHO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF A CARELESS, RECKLESS AND SELFISH DRIVER.
HOMER
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