Bill Text: CT HB06501 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Use Of Global Positioning Systems By Sixteen And Seventeen-year-old Drivers.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-05 - Public Hearing 02/09 [HB06501 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06501-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6501
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 1703
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Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS BY SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD DRIVERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 14 of the general statutes be amended to modify the graduated licensing restrictions for sixteen and seventeen-year-old drivers by exempting the use of global positioning systems from the banned mobile electronic devices, provided hand-held uses such as programming, initiation of searches, data entry and navigation by visual means shall continue to be prohibited.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the public safety of our youth by preventing "lost, youthful drivers" who are, for lack of experience, less proficient at navigating and dangerous when lost.