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— _______________ 1 * I Í_____________ WJb-i ■ OPINION/6 ■ WEEKEND CONNECTION/1A The Real Tragedy s Phantastic, I 4 FRI of Switzer's Death J l Phun, Phood ___ ^ » lMambo rama HALF PAGE/8 Daily Nexus Volume 72, No. 80_________________ February 7,1992 University of California, Santa Barbara_______________________ Two Sections, 24 Pages SB County Court OKs Traffic School Offenders Can Begin Attending By Ross French Stiff Writer_________________________________ Speedy drivers in Santa Barbara County have been cut some slack, as the local courts are now allowing most speeders the option of attending traffic school to keep their records clean. For years drivers who were cited for moving viola tions in Santa Barbara County were stuck with a per manent blotch on their record. But as of Jan. 1, speed ers and reckless drivers can breathe a bit easier as the Santa Barbara Municipal Court district, spurred by pending state legislation, has decided to offer school as an option. “The (Municipal Court) judges meet on it eveiy year... to take a serious look at it... and eveiy year they have gotten a little bit closer to it,” Santa Barbara Municipal Court Administrator Tamara Beard said. “Last year the state proposed legislation making it mandatoiy for eveiy court in the state to offer it,” Beard said. “It hasn’t passed, but we just decided that it was something that we should do.” The bill, written by Assemblywoman Gwen Moore (D-Los Angeles), has passed the Assembly, but is cur rently stuck in the Senate Judicial Committee with no hearing date set However, drivers who opt for the school will find themselves paying more for the violation.
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