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Committee advances tougher penalties for street racing and reckless driving
Summary
House Bill 3266 would make reckless driving that causes a collision a D2 felony and create specific penalties for racing-related reckless driving; the committee advanced the bill on a recorded vote (6–1).
Representative George presented House Bill 3266, describing street racing and "street takeover" events as a growing problem in Oklahoma City and other metropolitan areas. He said the bill ‘‘makes the crime of reckless driving that causes a collision, a d 2 felony, and it also makes a reckless driving involving racing...specific sentencing for that for 5 days to 6 months.’’
No extended debate followed the presentation. The clerk announced the vote in the transcript as '6 aye, 1 day' (recorded phrasing in transcript consistent with 6 ayes, 1 nay) and the chair indicated HB 3266 will be shown out as passed.
