Sentences with phrase «of strict laws»

Because of these strict laws, most careless drivers have received harsh prison sentences.

Truck drivers who lose control of their vehicles or who violate traffic laws may be distracted by a cell phone or are fatigued from driving too many hours, often in violation of strict laws regarding service hours and time between shifts.

A series of strict laws were passed by the magistrates.

California has some of the strictest laws on child seat safety.

Though New York has one of the strictest laws in the nation on the sale and possession of firearms — the SAFE Act — advocates want the governor to do more.

New York has one of the strictest laws in the nation on the sale and possession of firearms.

Once the county executive signs the bill, which we fully expect him to do, we will have one of the strictest laws in the state.

Importantly, this study did not examine injuries or severity of injuries before and after passage of stricter laws.

Not exact matches

«Licensing laws have typically been fairly strict on who can sell a motor vehicle because of the possibility of fraud,» explains Jim Moors, director of franchising and state law with the National Automobile Dealers Association.

While there is a vocal minority who want gun laws in the U.K. relaxed, they do appear to be very small — all the mainstream political parties support strict gun laws, and much of the debate centers on whether the U.K., which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the entire world, needs more control.

Taliban militants, fighting to restore their version of strict Islamic law to Afghanistan, announced their usual spring offensive last week and there has been heavy fighting in several areas of the country since.

Today, about 80 % of Democrats say that laws covering sale of guns should be stricter, according to CBS News polling.

But that wasn't all that depressed Clinton's vote: Hansen said a far lower number of provisional ballots than typical for a presidential election played a role, as did a recent strict voter - ID law that was in effect for its first presidential election in the state.

One of the documents referred to the project as a «semi-autonomous» area governed «by independent laws and a regulatory framework developed and managed by a private committee,» a sign that it could ease strict rules applied elsewhere in Saudi Arabia.

Washington's new law imposes strict criteria for the sale, lease or disclosure of biometric identifiers for commercial use.

And yet emails received in the rule - free court of public opinion may not be admissible in a court of law, where strict rules of admissibility apply.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that he agreed «in spirit» with a strict new European Union law on data privacy but stopped short of committing to it as the standard for the social network across the world.

Over the weekend, Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator and Republican who previously ran for president, suggested that student protestors should learn CPR instead of pushing for stricter gun control laws.

CONAKRY, April 24 - Bollore Group's concession to build a container port in Guinea's capital Conakry was in strict compliance with the law, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, reacting to news of a probe by French authorities into the group's Africa operations.

And, if a U.S. software company throws in with a cloud provider with data centers around the world, it won't have to eat the expense of operating a data center in a country with strict data sovereignty laws requiring that local data stay in country.

In the U.S., we generally believe that publicly - held firms are to be managed for «shareholder value» (technically, the Securities Exchange Commission's Code of Ethics for CEOs only requires the firm to provide full, fair, accurate and timely financial reporting, and to flag any known conflicts of interest or violations of securities law, but state laws often impose stricter fiduciary duties on the firm's top managers).

While strict mortgage - lending laws were in place before he took office and they came at a cost — less home ownership and slower economic growth — the state's conservative rules, as WSJ notes, «largely prevented the state's residents from signing the types of dubious home loans written in other markets across the country.»

Opponents of legal weed in Oregon say they would take their fight to the Oregon legislature, pushing for stricter laws designed to limit access to pot by children, among other efforts.

And while the city has attempted to use strict gun laws to curb shootings, about 60 % of guns used in shootings last year were purchased out of state.

The more consequential reforms — such as introducing market - based interest rates, reducing excess capacity, subjecting state - owned enterprises to increased competition and financial discipline, enforcing strict environmental laws, and raising prices of natural resources — are expected to depress growth.

Harris said China could get stricter on laws other than tariffs as part of a larger crackdown on U.S. companies.

Europe's strict new privacy laws don't just relate to Facebook, the whipping boy of the day, EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova has warned.

In fact, one study from Stanford University that considered whether more guns save lives discovered that states with more relaxed gun laws had higher rates of gun violence than states with strict regulations.

So if a Republican senator mostly hears from GOP constituents, and these constituents are more likely to be really passionate about the issue since they are on the side that opposes stricter laws, that's going to give the senator a skewed perception of where voters are on this topic.

The joint statement also spoke to the importance of strengthened judicial cooperation and «strict law enforcement.»

And about 22 percent of people who want less strict gun laws have contacted a public official, while just 15 percent of people who support stricter laws have.

So the side in favor of stricter gun laws can afford to have a lower percentage of its people contacting public officials.

Because of legislation such as the Bank Secrecy Act, signed into law in 1970, and the Patriot Act, which was made law in 2001, those institutions must maintain strict compliance programs to monitor for signs of money laundering, terrorist financing, and other criminal acts, and they are obligated to report suspicious activities to authorities.

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.

SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday that he agreed «in spirit» with a strict new European Union law on data privacy but stopped short of committing to it as the standard for the social network across the world.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users.

Supporters of the Second Amendment gathered at state capitals and in city centers on Saturday, hoping to counter hundreds of thousands who rallied for stricter gun laws.

Some 58 % of those polled said stricter gun control laws would have prevented the Florida shooting.

The panel manufacturer, which operates a production facility in Oregon hopes the president's call for strict enforcement of U.S. trade laws will give it, as well as other domestic panel companies, a better chance against Chinese competition.

There is the new Quinnipiac University National Poll showing that 66 percent of American voters support stricter gun laws.

A key reason for this is because a number of China's main commercial partners in South America have strict laws, sometimes including constitutional restrictions, against importing foreign labor.

We're pleased to say that the strict interpretation of the effective date for this change in the law, which we initially thought was most likely, will not apply.

In the days following the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, students who witnessed the deaths of their peers traveled to the Florida State Capitol to demand stricter gun control laws.

At the other end of the spectrum, Bangladesh passed a law in 2014 stating that anybody caught using the virtual currency could be jailed under the country's strict anti-money-laundering laws.

Last summer, the Obama administration said it would not challenge laws legalizing marijuana in Colorado and Washington as long as those states maintain strict rules involving the sale and distribution of the drug.

The government is not as strict on cryptocurrencies as some other nations but has a set of laws which they expect to be followed.

However, the US Government has many strict laws when it comes to the purchase and the sale of Bitcoins which all traders have to comply.

As such, there are still concerns regarding the cryptocurrency market, but hopefully, the new reforms coupled with stricter regulations, laws and mechanisms to effectively regulate cryptocurrencies dealings will hopefully decrease the threat of digital currency misuse in the country.

Sustained national media attention on the shooting, emotional confrontations between politicians and survivors and their families, as well as a public - opinion shift in favor of stricter gun laws could spur Congress to do something to tighten access to guns.

Stoneman students have so effectively kept the spotlight on the shooting and their push for stricter gun laws that even in the midst of grief they have become targets in some conservative corners.