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Senate committee advances bill requiring insurance for mopeds after sponsor recounts crash
Summary
House Bill 494, advanced by the Senate Public Safety Committee, would require insurance for mopeds licensed to operate on Georgia roads. Sponsor Representative Dewey McClain described an incident in which an uninsured moped struck an intern, and he said insurance for mopeds would be inexpensive relative to typical vehicle coverage.
The Georgia Senate Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to advance House Bill 494, which would require mopeds licensed to operate on public roads to carry liability insurance.
Representative Dewey McClain, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the proposal grew out of an incident involving a college intern he supervised. “He was at the red light, and a moped had hit him in the back,” McClain said. He said the moped rider was allowed…
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