Consecuencias para reincidentes en conducción bajo influencia

Explicación Simple

Si te atrapan manejando borracho y ya has sido detenido antes, debes pagar $50 para ayudar a los que sufren accidentes por eso. Este dinero se usa para que los hospitales cuiden a las personas que se lastiman en choques.

Es como cuando en una reunión familiar alguien rompe un vaso y, si ya ha roto otros antes, todos deciden que debe ayudar a pagar el nuevo vaso para que la familia siga teniendo lo necesario.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un conductor con dos detenciones previas por manejar ebrio, es detenido nuevamente por lo mismo. Además de enfrentar las consecuencias legales, el juez le ordena que pague $50 al fondo de ayuda para las víctimas de accidentes, asegurando que su dinero se use para ayudar a otros que puedan necesitar atención médica tras un accidente.

Penalidades

Multa de $50 para el fondo de asistencia médica para víctimas de accidentes si hay condenas previas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

2006, cc. 82 , 314 ; 2009, c. 229 ; 2012, cc. 283 , 756 ; 2013, cc. 415 , 655 ; 2014, c. 707 . Va. Code § 18.2-270.01 - Multiple offenders; payment to Trauma Center Fund. A. The court shall order any person convicted of a violation of §§ 18.2-36.1 , 18.2-51.4 , 18.2-266 , 18.2-266.1 or § 46.2-341.24 who has been convicted previously of one or more violations of any of those sections or any ordinance, any law of another state, or any law of the United States substantially similar to the provisions of those sections within 10 years of the date of the current offense to pay $50 to the Trauma Center Fund for the purpose of defraying the costs of providing emergency medical care to victims of automobile accidents attributable to alcohol or drug use. B. There is hereby established in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Trauma Center Fund. The Fund shall consist of any moneys paid into it by virtue of operation of subsection A hereof and any moneys appropriated thereto by the General Assembly and designated for the Fund. Any moneys deposited to or remaining in the Fund during or at the end of each fiscal year or biennium, including interest thereon, shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund and be available for allocation in ensuing fiscal years. The Department of Health shall award and administer grants from the Trauma Center Fund to appropriate trauma centers based on the cost to provide emergency medical care to victims of automobile accidents. The Department of Health shall develop, on or before October 1, 2004, written criteria for the awarding of such grants that shall be evaluated and, if necessary, revised on an annual basis. 2004, c. 999 .