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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
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HB 2064: vulnerable pedestrians
Sponsor: Representative Blackman, LD 7
Committee on Judiciary
Overview
Adds a new section to Title 28 outlining the classification and penalties for a person who, while driving, injures or kills a vulnerable pedestrian.
History
A.R.S. Title 28, Chapter 3, Article 5 relates to reckless and aggressive driving including the classification, definition and penalties for reckless driving, wrong way driving and aggressive driving. These penalties can include attending and successfully completing traffic survival school, revocation of driving privileges, fines and up to 45 consecutive days in jail.
Provisions
1. Establishes that any person who drives a vehicle and either recklessly or negligently cause physical injury to a vulnerable pedestrian is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor and is subject to the following penalties:
a. a fine of at least $2,000;
b. revocation of driving privileges for a period of 90 days;
c. must complete vulnerable pedestrian awareness training; and
d. must complete more than 100 hours of community service at a facility or organization that specifically serves or aids persons who are blind or visually impaired or that trains or assists service animals. (Sec. 1)
2. Establishes that any person who drives a vehicle and either recklessly or negligently cause death or serious physical injury to a vulnerable pedestrian is guilty of a class 4 felony and is subject to the following penalties:
a. revocation of driving privileges for a period of 1 year;
b. must complete more than 200 hours of community service at a facility or organization that specifically serves or aids persons who are blind or visually impaired or that trains or assists service animals;
c. must attend and successfully complete traffic survival school. (Sec. 1)
3. Allows the judge, when determining sentencing for causing death or serious physical injury to a vulnerable pedestrian, to consider various aggravating and mitigating factors, as well as the driver's prior driving record, level of intoxication and severity of harm caused. (Sec. 1)
4. Directs defensive driving schools, traffic survival schools and any other driver education programs to include educational information relating to vulnerable pedestrians. (Sec. 1)
5. Directs the Arizona Department of Transportation to include information relating to vulnerable pedestrians in all the department's examination, informational and educational material. (Sec. 1)
6. Instructs, when awarding restitution for a violation of this section, a judge to consider the following:
a. long-term care costs of the injured vulnerable pedestrian;
b. costs of mobility aid replacement and any home modification requirements of the injured vulnerable pedestrian;
c. emotional distress suffered by the injured vulnerable pedestrian; and
d. all costs incurred from the training of an injured service animal. (Sec. 1)
7. Defines vulnerable pedestrian as a pedestrian who has a physical disability or disabilities and who uses a mobility aid or aids, including a white cane used by the blind or a service animal. (Sec. 1)
8. Defines other pertinent terms. (Sec. 1)
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