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Doctors would be required to report drivers who have “an impairing ailment’’ to the state DMV, and the agency could then suspend his or her license, according to proposed legislation detailed Friday.
State Assemblyman Robert Carroll and state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, speaking at the scene of Monday’s Park Slope crash that killed two little kids, said they introduced the bill this week in response to the horror.
The crash driver, who had a valid license, told cops that she suffers from multiple sclerosis, seizures and heart issues.
Doctors are currently encouraged but not required to report such health problems to the DMV.
“This didn’t need to happen . . . This was preventable,” Carroll said, referring to the crash, at a press conference at Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street.
The Brooklyn lawmakers also introduced a bill to establish “escalating vehicle-registration suspensions for repeated traffic-control-signal violations,” so that if a driver received six violations within 12 months, it would lead to an automatic 15-day registration suspension.
Twelve violations in a 36-month period would lead to a 90-day registration suspension.
The car used by Park Slope crash driver Dorothy Bruns had been cited 12 times since 2016, including for running red lights and speeding in school zones.
“If we were able to pass these laws, if we were able to do that, we’d be able to make our streets safer,” Carroll said.
https://nypost.com/2018/03/09/state...ing-restrictions-in-wake-of-tragic-car-crash/
State Assemblyman Robert Carroll and state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, speaking at the scene of Monday’s Park Slope crash that killed two little kids, said they introduced the bill this week in response to the horror.
The crash driver, who had a valid license, told cops that she suffers from multiple sclerosis, seizures and heart issues.
Doctors are currently encouraged but not required to report such health problems to the DMV.
“This didn’t need to happen . . . This was preventable,” Carroll said, referring to the crash, at a press conference at Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street.
The Brooklyn lawmakers also introduced a bill to establish “escalating vehicle-registration suspensions for repeated traffic-control-signal violations,” so that if a driver received six violations within 12 months, it would lead to an automatic 15-day registration suspension.
Twelve violations in a 36-month period would lead to a 90-day registration suspension.
The car used by Park Slope crash driver Dorothy Bruns had been cited 12 times since 2016, including for running red lights and speeding in school zones.
“If we were able to pass these laws, if we were able to do that, we’d be able to make our streets safer,” Carroll said.
https://nypost.com/2018/03/09/state...ing-restrictions-in-wake-of-tragic-car-crash/
