No. CS/SB 1054
Filed under Transportation.
Traffic Infractions Resulting in a Crash with Another Vehicle; Requiring the imposition of specified civil penalties and periods of driver license suspension on a person found at a mandatory hearing to have committed certain traffic infractions that resulted in a crash with another vehicle, in addition to any other penalties; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing; requiring certain owners and operators of motor vehicles to establish and maintain the ability to respond in damages for liability on account of certain accidents, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCommitting certain traffic infractions in a way that causes a crash with another vehicle becomes its own violation category. A first offense means a mandatory hearing and a flat $500 penalty.
A second offense raises the fine to $1,000 and suspends the license for 6 months. A third or later offense keeps the $1,000 fine but stretches the suspension to a full year.
A related insurance rule is keyed to a slightly different pair of infractions than the new hearing category. Anyone found to have committed one, in a crash with another vehicle, must carry higher liability coverage, up to $300,000 per crash, for at least a year.
That is a third of the term a DUI conviction requires. The new violation's penalty proceeds are not directed to the trauma-center trust fund the way existing crash categories' penalties are.
AIAn infraction of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.123(2) that results in a crash with another vehicle becomes its own infraction category, stripped of the usual option to pay a ticket by mail. It requires a scheduled, in-person hearing instead.
AIA first infraction under the new category draws a flat $500 penalty. A second draws $1,000 and a 6-month license suspension. A third or subsequent infraction keeps the $1,000 penalty but extends the suspension to a full year.
AIA driver found to have committed an infraction of s. 316.075(1)(c) or s. 316.123(2) that resulted in a crash with another vehicle must carry higher liability coverage, up to $300,000 per crash, for at least a year, a third of the three-year term a DUI conviction requires.