Please sign this petition to insist the New York State legislature close the drugged driving loophole by passing the Deadly Driving Bill (S.6485c/A3981c) NOW!

NY is one of only 4 states that prohibits charging dangerously impaired drivers unless the drug used is on a statutory list. Why? The type of alcohol does not have to be named for drunk drivers and if they refuse a test, they are still arrested based on observations of impairment. Why not drugged drivers?Impaired is impaired. Dangerous is dangerous. And there are unlisted substances like "tranq" (xylazene), nitazenes, propofol, nitrous oxide, household products and emerging synthetic drugs that make a list persistently unworkable.

False information is circulating about the bill and cannabis. It has been illegal to drive while impaired by cannabis since 1966 based on observations that a person is too high to drive. There has never been a THC amount test (like a BAC). It is still illegal and would continue unchanged under the bills. A THC amount test would be unfair because science does not support a single amount for all drivers.

Sign the petition now! Tell your legislators and the Governor that you are tired of feeling threatened by drugged drivers on NY's roadways and you want the law fixed.