Colorado Impoundment Initiative: 225,000 Unlicensed Drivers In Colorado: Denver Post

The Denver Post:

More than 200,000 people might be driving illegally in Colorado, and such drivers were involved in crashes that caused nearly one-fourth of all state traffic deaths last year, state auditors reported Monday.

Driving without a license or with a revoked license "is a significant problem in Colorado," auditor Jonathan Trull told the state Legislative Audit Committee. "All the strategies we have don't deter them."

State legislators requested the audit after Francis Hernandez, an unlicensed driver unlawfully in the United States, was accused of speeding through traffic, hitting another vehicle and killing three people in Aurora, including a 3-year-old in an ice cream shop, in September 2008.

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Comments

[shthar]

"More than 200,000 people might be driving illegally in Colorado, and such drivers were involved in crashes that caused nearly one-fourth of all state traffic deaths last year"

This really means nothing unless we know the TOTAL number of drivers in Colorado.

How many other drivers are there? Are they better or worse at killing people?

[WilliamL]

Amazing that a illegal foriegn national can kill three people including a child yet the council declares it racist for the police to impound vehicles driven by those in the country illegally, with no insurance, no license. One hundred percent absurd.

Was this guy ever charged with vehicular homicide? Deported?