Law toughens penalties for fatal distracted driving
Drivers who kill someone while using a handheld cellphone can now be charged with vehicular homicide under a measure Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno signed into law Wednesday.
The law allows prosecutors to charge distracted drivers with vehicular homicide if they kill someone with an automobile.
The legislation is called the “Kulesh, Kubert and Bolis Law” in recognition of the victims of three distracted-driving crashes in New Jersey.
“If you wouldn’t drink and drive, ladies and gentlemen, you shouldn’t text and drive,” said Guadagno, who is the acting governor while Governor Christie is out of the state campaigning for presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. (Linhorst, The Record)
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