Bill would increase penalties for texting while driving in Colorado to $500 from $50 for 1st-timers [View all]
Days after the woman who killed Brian and Jacquie Lehner received a 20-year prison sentence, the couple’s friends went to the Capitol to deliver a message to lawmakers about texting while driving.
“It is absolutely … killing people,” Cara Denney told a state Senate committee Wednesday. “It’s killing people we know — that we love — and it’s time for change.”
The woman who veered into oncoming traffic and hit the Lehners’ motorcycle was driving drunk and texting on her phone at the time of the crash. And now the couple’s friends want lawmakers to increase the penalties for texting while driving to deter others.
The measure — Senate Bill 27 — would increase the penalty for texting while driving to $500 and five points on a driver’s license for a first offense. The current penalty for first-timers is a $50 fine and one point, ranking it near the bottom in the nation.
Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/25/texting-while-driving-penalties-bill/
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