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WITH ONE PERSON DEAD AND
ANOTHER PERSON IN CRITICAL
CONDITION WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED
>> PAM: TWO RECENT LIMOUSINE
FIRES IN THE BAY AREA, ONE
OF THEM DEADLY. HAS LEAD TO
NEW SAFETY LEGISLATION.
NEWLY PROPOSED LIMOUSINE
SAFETLY GUIDELINES CLEARED A
IMPORTANT HURDLE TODAY.
THE LEGISLATION, INTRODUCED
BY EAST BAY LAWMAKER ELLEN
CORBETT, PASSED THE ASSEMBLY
TRANPSORTAITON COMMITTEE.
THE PROPOSED LAW WOULD
REQUIRE COMMERICAL LIMOS TO
HAVE TWO REAR SIDEDOORS,
AND TWO REAR PUSHOUT
WINDOWS.
ALSO INCLUDED -- DRIVERS
WOULD HAVE TO INFORM
PASSENGERS OF SAFETY
FEATURES.
THIS ALL COMES AFTER TWO BAY
AREA LIMOUSINE FIRES.
THE FIRST BACK IN MAY -- A
HA BRIDGE.
FIVE WOMEN WERE KILLED. THE
GROUP WAS CELEBRATING A
WEDDING.
THEN THIS MONTH IN WALNUT
CREEK, A LIMO CARRYING A
GROUP OF ELDERLY WOMEN TO A
90-TH BIRTHDAY PARTY BURST
INTO FLAMES.
EVERYONE MADE IT OUT IN THAT
CASE OKAY.
IF THE PROPOSED LAW MAKES
IT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.
THE NEW SAFETY GUIDLELINES
WOULD TAKE EFFECT IN 2015,
WITH A TWO YEAR PHASE IN
PERIOD FOR LIMOS MADE
BEFORE THEN.
IF THIS LAW PASSES THE