OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) – A new piece of legislation aims to enhance safety and accountability for minors behind the wheel.
House Bill 285, dubbed “TJ’s Law,” would require law enforcement officials to inform parents or legal guardians if their child receives a traffic ticket.
“After his funeral, we were going through his things and I found three different citations for failure to wear a seatbelt, all issued when he was a minor,” said April Vafeas, who lost her son TJ and his girlfriend Lexi in a car accident two years ago…