As
a result of this tragedy, new traffic safety legislation sponsored by our
current Attorney General, Peter Kilmartin and Rep. Donna Walsh was passed in
record time known as the Colin B. Foote Act or “Colin's Law”. Colin's Law enables judges to adjudicate
repeat offenders and order them to:
·
Pay a fine of
up to one thousand dollars ($1,000)
·
Attend sixty
(60) hours of driver retraining
·
Perform up to sixty (60) hours of public community service
·
Suspend the
person's operator license for up to one year
·
Or revoke their
license for
a period of up to two (2) years
The objective of this
legislation has been an effort to change the driving behavior of egregious
repeat offenders who's careless and dangerous disregard for motor vehicle laws
threaten the lives of everyone's loved ones, friends and fellow citizens. It is
shocking to know that nearly 500 repeat offenders have been ordered to take the
60 hour driver retraining course as mandated by the Colin B. Foote Act in the
past 12 months alone. Countless other repeat offenders have been sanctioned
otherwise under the Act.
Prior
to ColinsLaw, repeat traffic offenders were able to “slip under the radar”
undetected by paying traffic citations by mail. This has been corrected now
with the passage of legislation sponsored by Rep. Donna Walsh in 2011. This law
now requires that:
·
Any
person who
receives a third (3rd) summons within a twelve (12) month period of time,
cannot plea or dispose of the charge by mail, but must appear in person before
a judge at the traffic tribunal or municipal court.
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