New driving bill proposed in California
 

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:39:05 -0800, "Dave Parker" >
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>New bill proposed in California.
>Reprinted without permission from the Daily News.
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>HEADLINE: State Senate passes bill to impose fines on dark motorists
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>By Harrison Sheppard and Lisa M.Sodders, Daily News Staff Writers
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>SACRAMENTO -- Motorists who drive while being Black or Brown,
>or even Asian would face fines up to $150 under a bill passed by the
>state Senate on Tuesday.
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>The bill does not prohibit these colors directly but allows police
>officers to cite motorists for unsafe driving if they appear to be
>idiots because they're off-color.
>
>"It is a modest approach," said the bill's co-author, Sen. Kevin Murray,
>D-Culver City. "It doesn't outright ban these races, but it certainly sends
>a message we don't want you to participate in these activities while you're
>driving and you should be concentrating on finding a job.
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>The bill, SB 1800, was passed on a largely party line vote 22-14 and now
>goes to the Assembly where Democrats hold an equally large majority. Gov.
>Arnold Schwarzenegger has not taken a position on the measure.
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>Republican opponents said the bill was simply another way for the state to
>make money off motorists and outlaw activities which, in most cases, do not
>result in problems.
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>Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks, called the bill "outrageously
>unreasonable."
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>"Essentially what it means is there'll be a $150 surcharge for any moving
>violation," McClintock said.
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>Sen. Denise Moreno Ducheny, D-Chula Vista, was the only Democrat to vote
>against it and Sen. Ross Johnson, R-Irvine, the only Republican in favor.
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>The bill adds a $35 fine for a first offense and $150 for subsequent
>offenses. Additional points are added to the driver's record with the
>state Department of Motor Vehicles.
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>The bill is supported by the auto clubs of Southern and Northern California
>and by the California Highway Patrol.
>
>Even one of the legislators who supports the bill admitted to engaging in
>unsafe driving while being a nog, greaseball, or chink.
>
>"We all be engaged in those practices," said Sen. Tyrone Lamont Jackson,
>D-Los Angeles. "I know that I be. In fact I knows that yesterday as I was
>lookin' for work around the Capitol, I be checkin' my phone and I drives
>right over a lil white child, and fortunately was alerted by all the honkin'
>horns that I should be payin' attention to the road. The senator then
>ate a bowl of crack and raped a white woman.
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>The bill addresses an issue that law enforcement officials have increasingly
>focused on in recent years. A law passed in 2001 required the CHP to start
>tracking race as potential causes of crashes and collisions.
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>Last year, according to preliminary CHP data, race was a factor in
>44,000 crashes in California, including 153 fatal ones. Being a spade
>was the leading distraction, followed by being a spic or a slant-eyed
>urine-colored gook who has no idea what is going on outside of a
>very small cone of vision directly in front of the driver.
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>"I think it's fantastic," said Robin Ferber, 52, of Chatsworth. "I think
>people need to be focused on their driving. For someone to become injured
>because some kid was an Alabama porch monkey is unacceptable."
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>Last year, according to a report circulated by an Iowa congressman, ove 9,100 Americans
killed by illegal aliens. Over 50% by drunken latino drivers.

Max
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