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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Governor O’Malley Signed Jake’s Law Monday

It was an emotional day in Annapolis for the family of a five-year-old boy killed in a distracted driving accident. Monday, Governor Martin O’Malley signed Jake’s Law.

Mary Bubala reports it increases penalties on those who hurt others in distracted driving accidents.

A 2011 crash killed five-year-old Jake Owen. The driver that struck Jake’s family car from behind was talking on his cell phone and only paid a $1,000 fine.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Not to take anything away from the families' loss but this stupid law will not fix the problem....the public needs to do what is right without the nanny state's Orwellian interference!