Around the Regions - June 28, 2010

"Around the Regions" is a special Web supplement to AAMVA's weekly e-newsletter, The Week in Review, that features news collected from AAMVA's four regions.
June 28, 2010  This Week's News from:
Region I Region II Region III Region IV Other Items of Interest

Region I 

• Law Requires Training Course for New Motorcycle Riders (Connecticut)
• Electronic License Plates: A Good Idea for Maryland?
• State to Install Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles; $1 Million In Grants Will Pay for 64 Chargers, Truck Stop Enhancements (Maryland)
• Antiabortion Message for Specialty Plate (Massachusetts)
• Senate, House Approve Texting-While-Driving Ban (Massachusetts)
• Deal Set for Ban of Texting at Wheel; Massachusetts Bill Also Adds Rules for Older Drivers
• DWI Loophole's Closed in Albany (New York)
• State Trooper Hit By a Car While Directing Traffic (New York)
• Ontario Court of Appeal Reinstates Statute-Barred Auto Injury Claim Canadian Underwriter

Region II  

• · Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Debuts Program to Help Mature Motorists Drive Safely (Florida)
• · (Georgia)
• · Driver's License Office Sued Over Immigrant's Seized ID; Immigrant Charges Racial Profiling (Tennessee)
• · Personal Information Eliminated on Disabled Parking Placards; Users Required to Carry ID Issued with Placard (Virginia)

Region III  

• Illinois Supreme Court Rules Minors Caught Drinking Can Lose License...Court Rules It Can Be Revoked, Even If Person Wasn't Driving
• DMV Worker Charged with Sexual Abuse (Illinois)
• Fewer 16-Year-Olds with Licenses = More 16-Year-Olds Alive; Tougher Illinois Laws are Only Part of the Reason
• TSA to Conduct Workshops for Hazmat Carriers, Shippers (Iowa)
• Teen Survives Crash, Helps Get New Seat Belt Law (Iowa)
• Expect to Pay Much More for Traffic Fines (Iowa)
• Recent Spate of Motorcycle Accidents Prompt Renewed Calls for Iowa Motorcycle Helmet Law
• Former KCK Government Workers Charged With Stealing (Kansas)
• Billboards Warn Michigan Drivers to 'Txt Bck L8r' As New Texting Ban Takes Effect
• Judge OKs Increased BMV Fees, for Now (Ohio)
• Visual Speeding Arrests Being Utilized (Ohio)
• Bureau of Motor Vehicles Receives Award for Beautiful Ohio License Plate (Ohio)
• Impaired Driving Task Force Created (South Dakota)
• New State Law Increasing Drunken Driving Penalties Takes Effect On Thursday, July 1st (Wisconsin)

Region IV 

• Miranda Rights May Complicate SB 1070 Enforcement (Arizona)
• Drinking and Driving Counterattack Hits the Road in British Columbia
• Red Light Camera Pact Would Need Exemption from Arizona Boycott; LAPD Seeks to Extend Its Agreement with American Traffic Solutions (California)
• Toll Violators Face DMV Hold The Single Worst Violator Has $4,000 In Unpaid Tolls And $10,000 In Fines (California)
• California Brokers Target of Bill
• California Government Workers Have Built Up $2.75 Billion in Paid Time Off
• CHP Officer Dies 2 Weeks After LA Crash (California)
• Idaho Lawmakers Don't Expect Stricter Cell Phone Bans Anytime Soon
  Gov. Ted Kulongoski Orders Oregon Agencies to Cut Budgets by 9%
• 500 More Utah Residents to Get Driver Privilege Cards
• Red-Light Tickets Challenged; Officers Signing Infraction on Computer Contested (Washington)

Other Items of Interest 

• Teen Driver Risks in High Gear Over Summer
• Study Shows Adults More Likely Than Teens to Text and Drive
• Mexican Drug Cartel Threatens To Harm U.S. Police Officers Who Bust Drug Shipments While Off-Duty
• Fatality Crash Rate Falls for Older Drivers
• Tide Turning On Use of Red-Light Cameras