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Sponsors propose work-zone education, speed monitoring and enhanced penalties in House Bill 82
Summary
House Bill 82 would require driver education to include work-zone safety, allow private contractors to install speed-monitoring devices and permit enhanced penalties and mandatory safety courses after work-zone offenses; sponsors said the package aims to reduce worker injuries and fatalities on road projects.
House Bill 82, presented to the House Public Safety Committee, would expand education and enforcement tools intended to reduce crashes and injuries in highway work zones. Sponsors described a mix of driver-education requirements, permissive use of contractor-installed speed monitors and video, mandatory safe-driving courses after work-zone offenses and escalated penalties for repeat or reckless violations.
"One of the things that they deserve more than anything else ... is to be able to go home," sponsor Gary Click said, describing work-zone fatalities and injuries and urging measures to protect road workers.…
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