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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S43
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) 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-S43 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง397-c, V & T L
2009-S43 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S43 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the "pedestrian safety enhancement act of 2009" PURPOSE : Enacts the "Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009" which authorizes the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), to promulgate regulations establishing a statewide minimum sound standard for hybrids and other inaudible motor vehicles. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 397-c: Minimum motor vehicle sound standards. JUSTIFICATION : According to the Federal Highway Administration, a pedestrian is killed by an automobile every 110 minutes; one is injured every 9 minutes. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that most fatalities take place at intersections with 1/3 caused by the actions of the pedestrian and 2/3 by drivers who fail to yield to the pedestrian, disobey traffic signals or are distracted by cell phones, etc. In 2006, 36% of the pedestrian deaths at intersections were
2009-S43 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 43 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- 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 enacting the "pedestrian safety enhancement act of 2009" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "pedestrian safety enhancement act of 2009". S 2. Legislative intent. (a) The legislature hereby finds that: (1) Vehicles designed to provide the desirable benefits of reducing harmful pollutants and operating with greater fuel efficiency include gasoline-electric hybrid and electric-only vehicles, and in the foresee- able future may include hydrogen fuel cell and other engine designs that rely on fuels and technologies other than the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine. (2) All of the vehicle engine designs specified in paragraph one of this subdivision, as well as other designs not specified herein, operate or are likely to operate with virtually no sound being produced by the vehicle. (3) The total number of hybrid vehicles sold per year in this state is growing dramatically, and although the present number of hybrid vehicles constitutes a small overall percentage of vehicles, if this rate of growth persists, the number of hybrid vehicles will soon equal or exceed the number of internal combustion engine vehicles in this state. (4) Because blind pedestrians cannot locate and evaluate traffic using their vision, they must listen to traffic to discern its speed, direc- tion, and other attributes in order to travel safely and independently; and other people, including pedestrians who are not blind, bicyclists, runners, and small children, benefit from multi-sensory information available from vehicle traffic, including the sound of vehicle engines. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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