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WEBVTT REPORTER: YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACTOF THE DEADLY CRASH BY LOOKINGAT THE SUSPECT'S CAR.HIS FRONT BUMPER GONE CHP SAYS HE HIT A MAN, CHANGINGA FLAT TIRE ON THE SHOULDER OFINTERSTATE 80 IN ROSEVILLE>> THE DRIVER THAT DID STOP TOCHANGE THE TIRE WAS FULLY ONRIGHT SHOULDER.HE WAS NOT IN THE TRAFFIC LANE.REPORTER: THE DRIVER, IS NOWUNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDERTHE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA, CLIP-- MARIJUANA.>> LIKE ANY OTHER DRUG, IT CANHAVE AN EFFECT ON YOURATTENTION.REPORTER: A 2015 GOVERNORSHIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATIONREPORT FOUND THAT DRUGGEDDRIVING SURPASSED DRUNKEN DRIVING AMONGDRIVERS KILLED IN CRASHES.IT IS LEGAL -- ILLEGAL IN ALL 50STATES ARE HOWEVER, LAWS ANDINTERPRETATIONS ABOUT THEDEFINITION OF DRUG IMPAIRMENTVARY.>> I JUST KNOW HOW THAT AFFECTSPEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES AND WENEED TO CHANGE THAT.REPORTER: SAN MATEO SENATOR,JERRY HILL LOST HIS BEST FRIENDTO A DRUNK DRIVER 30 YEARS AGOAND IS TRYING TO CRACK DOWN ONDRUGGED DRIVING WITH 2 PIECES OFLEGISLATION MAKING THEIR WAYTHROUGH THE CAPITOL.ONE WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL TOCONSUME MARIJUANA IN A CAR THE OTHER WOULD LOWER THETHRESHOLD FOR ALCOHOLCONSUMPTION IF YOU HAVE DRUGS INYOUR SYSTEM.>> IT WILL GIVE US KIND OF ASTOP GAP SO THAT WE CAN GET SOMEOF THOSE PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD WHOARE SMOKING MARIJUANA ANDDRINKING AT THE SAME TIMREPORTER: AS THE STATE WORKS TOUPGRADE ITS DRUG-IMPAIRMENT LAWSCHP IS REMINDING DRIVERS TOREMAIN ALERT.>> THERE ALWAYS COULD BE HAZARDSON THE ROAD.PEOPLE CHANGING TIRES, PEOPLEBROKEN DOWN.JUST KEEP YOUR EYES UP, LOOKINGA GOOD DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU FOR

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A driver who was killed while changing his car tire on the shoulder of Interstate 80 in Roseville was identified Thursday by the Placer County Sheriff's Office.Joseph Bresnyan, 40, of Olivehurst, died Wednesday afternoon as he was pulled over on eastbound I-80 near Riverside Avenue, law enforcement officials said. "The driver that did stop to change the tire was fully on the right shoulder. He was not in the traffic lane,” California Highway Patrol Sgt. Steven Pellegrino said. Bresnyan, who was driving a Dodge Durango, pulled over on the side of the road to change a flat tire. The driver of a Honda, identified as Brandon R. Rotolo, 24, of Vacaville, then drifted onto the shoulder and Bresnyan and his SUV, the CHP said. Bresnyan was pronounced dead at the scene. Rotolo stayed at the scene and was taken into custody for driving under the influence of marijuana, officers said. “Like any other drug, it can have an effect on your attention,” Pellegrino said. A 2015 Governors Highway Safety Association report found that drugged driving surpassed drunken driving among drivers killed in crashes -- 43 percent tested positive for drugs or marijuana and 37 percent tested positive for alcohol. Driving impaired is illegal in all 50 states. However, laws and interpretations vary about the definition of drug impairment. “I just know how that affects people and their families and we need to change that,” Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, said. Hill lost his best friend in a drunk driving crash 30 years ago. He is trying to crack down on drugged driving with two pieces of legislation that are moving through the Capitol. The bills would make it illegal to consume marijuana in a vehicle and lower the threshold for alcohol consumption if you have drugs in your system. ”It will give us kind of a stop gap," Hill explained. "So that we can get some of those people off the road who are smoking marijuana and drinking at the same time." As the state works to upgrade its drugged-driving laws, CHP is reminding drivers to remain alert. "There always could be hazards on the road. People changing tires, people broken down," Pellegrino said. "Just keep your eyes up, looking a good distance ahead of you for something in the road."