"Zach Alert" Would Target Hit-and-Run Drivers
You've heard of an "Amber Alert" when a child goes missing and a "Silver Alert" when senior citizens, especially with dementia, disapear. Well, you may soon be hearing about a "Zack Alert" that would send an alert to police departments and electronic highway message signs following fatal or serious hit-and-run collissions.
The measure, proposed in New Jersey, was inspired by the hit-and-run death of 21-year-old Zachary Simmons last June. Simmons was struck by a SUV as he ran across a street. The vehicle kept going. The incident drew national attention when the victim was identified as the cousin of Ben Simmons, the number one pick in the 2016 NBA draft earlier that month.
So far the measure has cleared the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee and is headed to the Appropriations Committee.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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