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Bill Giving Drivers with Priors A Second Chance Dies
HARTFORD, CT — Legislation that would have given those close to losing their license a second chance died in the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee Tuesday.
The bill died by one vote with two members absent.
There is an “epidemic at this point in terms of speeding” on Connecticut highways, Sen. John Fonfara, D-Hartford, co-chair of the committee told fellow committee members.
Fonfara voted against the legislation. Voting in favor, Fonfara said, “would just send the wrong message.”
Read more: http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/bill_giving_drivers_with_priors_a_second_chance_dies/
