New (More Serious) Reckless Driving Ticket Coming

Legislators in Albany are close to passing Elle’s Law, a law designed to punish those who recklessly drive and injure pedestrians. Named after Elle Vandenberghe, a toddler, who was seriously injured by a motorist who was unsafely backing in Manhattan the wrong way on a one-way street. If enacted, the law would impose an automatic 6-month suspension upon any driver who seriously injures a pedestrian while driving recklessly. The suspension would increase to a year fora second offense within 5 years of one another.