Toronto Facebook Group Defeats Motorist Legislation

Today Canadian officials dropped motorist legislation that would “have barred motorists 19 and younger from driving with more than one teenage friend” after more than 150,000 members joined a protest group according to the Associated Press. None of the activities resulted in a public protest but the Facebook group was sufficient for helping turn down the bill.

The bill included a number of fairly harsh restrictions on younger drivers including “automatic license suspensions for young drivers caught speeding and a zero blood-alcohol limit for all motorists age 21 and under.”