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‘It’s time’: California leaders unveil biggest crackdown on drunk drivers in decades
A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers has introduced 10 bills, an unprecedented package designed to stop deadly drivers.
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California has a dangerous driver problem. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to fix that
The Assembly proposals are part of a broader push at the Capitol to reform California's weak driving laws.
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Lawmaker targets repeat drunk drivers as part of larger push to fix problems exposed by CalMatters
The DUI bill is intended to be the “tip of the spear” in a movement to address how California allows dangerous drivers to stay on the roads.
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How a speeding ticket can be worse than killing someone with your car in California
A diversion program created by the Legislature in 2020 has allowed some people charged with vehicular manslaughter to keep the case off of their driving record.
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40,000 people died on California roads. State leaders looked away
‘If these people's children had been killed by a drunk driver, there is no way they would be objecting to this.’
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15 DUIs, still driving: California’s failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road
As alcohol-related roadway deaths spike across the state, a CalMatters investigation finds California has some of the weakest DUI laws in the country.
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6 takeaways: California’s deadly failure on drunk driving
While DUI fatalities surge, a CalMatters investigation finds state leaders have shown little willingness to address the issue.
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They were convicted of killing with their cars. No one told the California DMV
A CalMatters investigation found that courts didn’t report hundreds of vehicular manslaughter convictions to the DMV, prompting officials to belatedly take many drivers’ licenses.
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License to Kill
The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.
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How we reported on California’s deadly drivers
A CalMatters investigation finds that the California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways.