Senate Press Office
\n201 Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building<\/p>\n18 Capitol Square<\/p>\n
Atlanta, Georgia 30334<\/p>\n
404.656.0028 or outside the Atlanta area 800.282.5803<\/p>\n
PRESS RELEASE <\/p>\n
For Immediate Release: For Information Contact:<\/p>\n
May 14, 2008 Jeremy Arieh, Deputy Director
\n jeremy.arieh@senate.ga.gov<\/p>\n404.656.0028<\/p>\n
Unlicensed driver bill signed into law<\/strong><\/p>\n
ATLANTA \u2013 Governor Sonny Perdue has signed legislation that increases penalties for those who drive without a license in Georgia. Sponsored by state Sen. John Wiles (R-Kennesaw), Senate Bill 350 is a response to the growing number of auto accidents, injuries and fatalities in our state caused by individuals who have never obtained a driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have seen too many serious accidents caused by unlicensed drivers in this state, including a fatal collision in Marietta this year that involved an unlicensed driver,\u201d said Sen. Wiles. \u201cWe must take action to curb this blatant disregard for the laws of our state, and I am pleased that Governor Perdue supports this effort to help save lives.\u201d <\/p>\n
SB 350 will increase the penalties for those found operating a vehicle without a valid driver\u2019s license or on a suspended or revoked license. Under the new law, an individual found driving without being licensed or driving on a suspended, disqualified or revoked license could be sentenced to at least two days imprisonment for the first offense. Any second or third offense within five years, and that individual would be subject to at least ten days imprisonment and a fine of at least $1000. A fourth or subsequent offense within five years would be treated as a felony. The new penalties would not apply to those who accidentally leave a wallet or forget a purse at home, or those driving on an expired license.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lives of Georgians should not be put in jeopardy by people who fail to comply with state law, and this legislation is an important step in solving that problem,\u201d added Sen. Wiles. <\/p>\n
Today\u2019s signing of SB 350 is the culmination of a two-year effort by Sen. Wiles to pass legislation to make Georgia\u2019s highways and roads safer.<\/p>\n
For more information on the Georgia State Senate, please visit www.senate.ga.gov.<\/p>\n
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Sen. John Wiles represents the 37th Senate District, which includes a portion of Cobb County. He may be reached by phone at 404.657.0406 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Senate Press Office 201 Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building 18 Capitol Square Atlanta, Georgia 30334 404.656.0028 or outside the Atlanta area 800.282.5803 PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: For Information Contact: May 14, 2008 Jeremy Arieh, Deputy Director jeremy.arieh@senate.ga.gov 404.656.0028 Unlicensed driver bill signed into law ATLANTA \u2013 Governor Sonny Perdue has signed legislation that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}