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Aggressive-driving bill fails after floor debate over mandatory penalties and judges' discretion
Summary
A bill to raise minimum fines and create mandatory penalties for 'aggressive driving' drew extended floor debate over judicial discretion, rural access to defensive driving courses and appropriate penalties; an amendment making course requirements discretionary passed, but the bill failed on final passage, 35–37.
House debate over House Bill 22, a proposal to increase penalties for aggressive or 'road rage' driving, produced sustained discussion about whether the measure duplicated existing law and whether mandatory minimums would unduly restrict judges' discretion.
Representative Bush, the bill sponsor, told the House the proposal was aimed at deterrence: raising the minimum fine for a first…
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