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Apr 18, 2012 |
held for consideration in transportation |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to transportation |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A1148
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ORTIZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2011-A1148 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A1148 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1148 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting a driver from using a cellular telephone while operating a motor vehi- cle; and to repeal section 1225-c of such law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and deter- mines that operating a motor vehicle while talking on a cellular or wireless telephone endangers public safety. Researchers at the Universi- ty of Toronto reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (February 13, 1997), that driving while talking on a telephone increased the risk of accident four-fold. Their findings also revealed that operating a motor vehicle while talking on a telephone posed the same risk of acci- dent as driving with a high blood alcohol level of .10. In recent years, there has been a rapid growth in the use of wireless communications. That growth has resulted in a substantial increase in the number of motorists who talk on the telephone while driving. As more and more drivers use cellular and wireless telephones, our roads become less and less safe. The purpose of this legislation is to educate the public of the seri- ous and deadly risks involved with using a cellular or wireless tele- phone while operating a motor vehicle. Because the underlying objective is to educate, the penalty set forth in this legislation is a mere traf- fic infraction rather than a crime. This legislation does recognize that there are emergency situations in which the use of a cellular or wire- less telephone while operating a motor vehicle is critical. In such a situation, an individual may assert, as an affirmative defense, that the violation was made for the sole purpose of obtaining emergency assist- ance. This legislation does not apply to operators of authorized emer- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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