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Senate Bill S2880
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S2880 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1691
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง1132, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S2769, A177
2009-S2880 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2880 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to approaching a parked, stopped or standing hazard vehicle on the shoulder of a highway PURPOSE : This measure would mandate all drivers of motor vehicles to exercise due caution when approaching, overtaking or passing any hazardous vehicle, as defined in Section 117-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, on all roadways in New York State. The law specifically mandates drivers traveling on controlled access highways to move over to the adjacent lane when approaching or passing a hazardous vehicle. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1132 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law would be added, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, by making it a violation for an operator of a motor vehicle not to take cautionary steps to avoid a collision with a hazardous vehicle. This section includes move-over language when referring to controlled access highways as defined in Section 3, Subsection 2 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. EXISTING LAW :
2009-S2880 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2880 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 5, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to approaching a parked, stopped or standing hazard vehicle on the shoulder of a highway THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1132 to read as follows: S 1132. OPERATION OF VEHICLES WHEN APPROACHING A PARKED, STOPPED OR STANDING HAZARD VEHICLE. EVERY OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL EXER- CISE DUE CARE TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH A HAZARD VEHICLE WHICH IS PARKED, STOPPED OR STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OR ON ANY PORTION OF SUCH HIGHWAY AND SUCH HAZARD VEHICLE IS DISPLAYING ONE OR MORE AMBER LIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION FORTY-ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. FOR OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON PARKWAYS OR CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAYS, SUCH DUE CARE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, MOVING FROM A LANE WHICH CONTAINS OR IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SHOULDER WHERE SUCH HAZARD VEHICLE DISPLAY- ING ONE OR MORE AMBER LIGHTS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION FORTY-ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER IS PARKED, STOPPED OR STANDING TO ANOTHER LANE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH MOVEMENT OTHERWISE COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS ELEVEN HUNDRED TEN OF THIS TITLE AND ELEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTI- CLE. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate- ly, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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