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Bill expands penalty exposure when drivers injure or kill vulnerable road users; advocates back consistent, broader coverage
Summary
House Bill 2 34 would extend the existing up to two‑month incarceration penalty to any case where a driver violates traffic law and kills or seriously injures a vulnerable road user lawfully on a sidewalk, crosswalk, shoulder or highway.
Delegate Dana Stein told the committee House Bill 2 34 would expand existing vulnerable road user (VRU) protections by making the up‑to‑two‑month incarceration penalty applicable whenever a driver violates a traffic law and kills or seriously injures a vulnerable road user who was lawfully on a sidewalk, crosswalk, shoulder or highway.
"These individuals all have to be lawfully on a shoulder, crosswalk,…
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