Huntsville Drivers Face New Changes
Submitted by: Kimberly Grant, Huntsville Real Estate Agent
Huntsville/Madison AL Real Estate Blog
Lately, our state has had an increase in the number of traffic fatalities. In fact, at the beginning of August, Alabama's traffic fatality rate has reached its highest since 1973. So there has been a concentrated effort in Madison County to make our roads safer.
In conjunction with this effort, in August Athens and Madison Alabama's City Council unanimously decided to pass an ordinance which will allow Madison Alabama police to impound vehicles of drivers with no license. It was only a matter of time but this past week the Huntsville City Council unanimously approved a similar ordinace for Huntsville Alabama.
The law should be active within the next month. For those that leave their license at home, there will be new techonologies added to police cars to enable them to disguish those individuals from others with a revoked or suspended license. There was an 34% increase in the last year of driving citations with no license according to police records. If a car is impounded, there will be a $25 impound fee and a $5/day storage fee. If the owner does not claim the car within 60 days, it can be sold at auction. Unlicensed drivers can also face an additonal $178 fine.
I am in favor of all efforts that seek to make our roads safe. I hope more people would be more conscious of their surroundings and attempt to be more careful as they travel on the busy highways. Be sure to have your drivers license with you and remember no license could result in the impound of your vehicle.
We have a month to prepare so go ahead and start carrying your license with you and if you do not have a license make sure you stay off the roads. Lets all do our part to try to reduce the number of traffic fatalities on our roads.
Kimberly Grant
Realtor, Exit Leon Crawford Realty
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