UPDATE:Â AB1888, a bill that would allow drivers to attend driving school to have points removed from their license, is one step closer to becoming a law. Â
The California Senate has voted unanimously to reverse the law that prohibits persons with a CDL to attend driving school. Â Commercial drivers who commit minor traffic offenses- in their personal vehicles- will have the opportunity to attend driving school and have the points removed from their license. Â
The bill is expected to pass through the Assembly and move onto Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk.Â
California truckers get a win after the California Assembly panel voted in favor of Bill AB1888. Â The bill would reverse current legislation that prohibits California truckers from attending traffic safety school to remove traffic violations they received in their personal vehicles, Â from their driving record.
The Assembly Transportation Committee voted unanimously in favor of advancing the bill. Â The bill would allow commercial drivers to attend traffic schools to help keep their license in good standing, if they received the traffic citation while driving their own non-commercial vehicle.
California Assemblyman Mike Gatto sponsored the bill. Â He said, “It would keep [drivers] employed because they will be able to get rid of a point that they received while driving their personal vehicles.”
Fellow Assemblyman and Committee Chairwoman Bonnie Lowenthal agrees saying, “I can see the rational for treating violations in non-commercial vehicles in the same manner whether the diver has a commercial license or a standard Class C license.”
California truckers can’t celebrate just yet, the bill still has to pass through the state’s legislative branches.