Note from this link the bill passed almost unanimously. So it shouldn't be hard to duplicate, right?
http://bicyclecolo.org/articles/end-hit-and-run-loophole-pg1248.htm
2012-06-09 02:40:21
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end hit and run loophole
Can we get one of these, please?
http://www.bikedenver.org/news/hitandrunbill/
BikeDenver is very pleased to have a law in place that “increases the possible penalties for leaving the scene of a serious bodily injury crash from a class 5 felony to a class 4 making it equivalent to possible penalties for drunk driving.”
2012-06-09 02:33:35
yes please!
2012-06-09 13:37:01
Truly there's wisdom in this. If leaving the scene carries a lower penalty than DUI, then a person who is actually UI has incentive to leave the scene.
2012-06-09 14:26:48
I looked into this a while ago on another thread and I believe the penalties for drunk driving causing an accident are already less than hit and run where there is an injury, in PA.
2012-06-09 23:46:44
Yeah, I suspect it's less about the penalties in the law and more about convincing the DAs to charge and judges to sentence appropriately...
2012-06-10 03:24:33