BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A video captured over the weekend shows what appears to be another case of reckless exhibition driving on I-20/59, right above Birmingham’s City Walk.
Officials say new laws in Alabama will give law enforcement more authority to tackle driving behavior like that seen in the video.
Under a new law, Alabama will soon have much stricter exhibition driving laws, but it still has about two more months before it’s in effect. Since officers were not physically at the scene on the interstate, there was not much they could do in this case.
“Not even a ticket in this type of situation, because the law requires for a misdemeanor that an officer observe it in person,” Rep. Allen Treadaway said. “These drivers don’t feel like there is really much law enforcement can do, and for a while, there hasn’t been, but once a ticket violation is now an arrestable offense. That is what is going to get their attention.”
“They are menaces to the roadways,” Rep. Juandaylnn Givan said. “They are menaces to everybody on these streets, they are a danger to our streets. If we don’t treat them as such, guess what, you’re going to start losing businesses. You’re going to continue to lose lives, people are going to continue to be injured, and you’re going to continue to lose business in the city of Birmingham.”
Once the new law is in effect, police will be able to revoke a license for exhibition driving, seize a vehicle involved, and give jail time. Police will also be able to use...
JAMMU: The family of a 26-year-old Christian man in Lahore has rejected allegations of blasphemy because of which he was arrested in August. The family has said that his arrest was baseless as the...