ORLANDO, Fla. – A bus packed with University of Central Florida students left before dawn Wednesday and headed to Tallahassee to lobby for legislation to make roads safer.
The group of about 80 students is working with lobbying firm GrayRobinson. Together, the group hopes to push forward Chloe's Law, named after former UCF student Chloe Arenas.
Arenas was 21 years old when she fell asleep and crashed into a retention pond off State Road 408 at Alafaya Trail. There was no guardrail on the road, but supporters of Chloe's Law argue that if there was one it would have stopped her from going into the water and possibly saved her life.
Students headed out to meet with lawmakers Wednesday said the law will save lives.
"This is really an opportunity for us to do something really important that will save lives by putting protective guardrails around bodies of water all across the state," Tyler Yeargain said.
Yeargain said the students' day will be packed with activities and meetings at the state Capitol. The group is also lobbying for $20 million in donations to help make the UCF Downtown campus a reality.
The bill addressing Chloe's Law will be up for discussion Thursday morning.