Legislative Watch 
LEGISLATIVE
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8/10/05-A bill in the legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation is intended to make drivers more aware of drowsy driving through driver education and would require law enforcement to learn how to recognize the sleep-deprived driver.
S2124, sponsored by Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, would make driving while drowsy a criminal offense similar to driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol.
The bill also would require studies to measure and test when a driver poses a danger to himself or other so that drowsy driving could be subject to penalties for acting irresponsibly, and increases the penalties for vehicular homicide resulting from drowsy driving.
For Senate bill status, call (617) 722-1276.
