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Proposals would align non-alcohol drug incapacitation towing rules with DUI hold time; multiple bills seek antique-vehicle and roadway-safety changes
Summary
Committee witnesses urged a statutory 12-hour tow-hold after drug-related incapacitation and sponsors outlined bills to improve roadway visibility and to ease licensing and inspection rules for antique vehicles.
Two different sets of witnesses appeared on related transportation topics: Middlesex County prosecutors and tow-lot operators asked the committee to require that vehicles driven by people incapacitated by non-alcohol substances be held 12 hours, and several sponsors and trade groups described bills affecting antique-vehicle licensing, historic route signage and road-restoration standards.
District Attorney Marion Ryan told the committee that under current Massachusetts practice, vehicles are held 12 hours when a driver is detained for an alcohol-related offense, but that no similar statutory…
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