LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Bipartisan bills from southwest Michigan representatives are under consideration by the state House to increase the penalty for drivers who hit and injure pedestrians or bicyclists.
The bills would make that a five-year felony also punishable by a $5,000 fine.
If a pedestrian or bicyclist is killed, the penalty would be ten-years in prison.
The bills are sponsored by Democratic Representative Julie Rogers of Kalamazoo and Republican Representative Pauline Wendzel of Watervliet.
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