§ 58-4. Drivers' files to be maintained.  


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  • (a)

    The police department or the traffic division thereof shall maintain a suitable record of all traffic accidents, warnings, arrests, convictions, and complaints reported for each driver. The reports shall be filed alphabetically under the name of the driver concerned.

    (b)

    The division shall study the cases of all the drivers charged with frequent or serious violations of the traffic laws or who are involved in frequent traffic accidents or any serious accident, and shall attempt to discover the reasons therefor, and shall take whatever steps as may be lawful and reasonable to prevent the same or to have the license of such persons suspended or revoked.

    (c)

    The records shall accumulate during at least a five-year period and from that time on the records shall be maintained complete for at least the most recent five-year period.

(Code 1968, tit. 510, art. II, § 7; Code 1985, § 70.15; Ord. No. 1360, 5-2-1966; Ord. No. 1963, 6-7-1976; Ord. No. 1968, 7-6-1976; Ord. No. 1974, 8-2-1976)