BILL NUMBER:  AB 902
  VETOED	DATE: 09/09/2013




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 902 without my signature.

This bill doubles the fine for failing to comply with a specific
traffic law.  That law requires a motorist to slow or move away from
an emergency vehicle stopped on the shoulder or median.  The new
fine, with penalties, would be $490 instead of $238.

No showing has been made that piling on an additional $252 will
protect anybody.  This enhanced amount strikes me as more punitive
than deterrent.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.