King County Council member Reagan Dunn is proposing a new law that would hold drivers accountable when they damage bridge infrastructure.

Dunn penned an Oct. 23 letter to Washington State Department of Transportation Secretary Julie Meredith urging the state to further study bridge collisions and their causes, install early-warning systems, and even adopt a “Stupid Motorist Law” that would impose steeper fines for drivers of commercial vehicles for over-height violations.

The letter came almost a week after the White River bridge, which was itself struck by an over-height vac truck on Aug. 18, closing it for two months until it’s surprise opening on Oct. 17.

WSDOT’s original timeline for opening the bridge back up to an average of 22,000 commuters daily was between Halloween and Nov. 14

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