Disregarding signal to stop; endangerment of operation of law-enforcement officer, penalty. (HB113)
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Description
Disregarding signal to stop; death of person; penalties. Provides that if a person is killed, whether as the direct or indirect result of the actions of a driver who has disregarded an officer's signal to stop his motor vehicle and who operates his motor vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard of such signal so as to interfere with or endanger the operation of the law-enforcement vehicle or endanger a person, the driver is guilty of a Class 4 felony. The bill also increases the penalty for disregarding a signal from a law-enforcement officer to stop or attempting to escape or elude a law-enforcement officer from a Class 3 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor. Amends § 46.2-817 (“Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; eluding police; penalties.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Outcome
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Comments
A class 3 misdemeanor for wantonly disregarding a police signal to stop is ridiculous. It's about time somebody proposed a law to increase the penalty on that. (The felony eluding kicks in when the behavior presents a danger to any person.)