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                                   9972
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2020
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  creating  a
   pedestrian safety rating system for motor vehicles
 
   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 216-b to read as follows:
   § 216-B. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY RATING SYSTEM. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CAUSE
 TO  BE  CREATED  A  PEDESTRIAN  SAFETY RATING SYSTEM WHICH SHALL BE MADE
 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE. SUCH PEDESTRIAN
 SAFETY RATING SYSTEM SHALL PROVIDE A RATING BETWEEN ONE AND  FIVE  STARS
 FOR  EVERY  MOTOR  VEHICLE MODEL REGISTERED BY INDIVIDUALS IN THIS STATE
 BASED ON:
   1. THE FREQUENCY OF COLLISIONS INVOLVING  A  BICYCLIST  OR  PEDESTRIAN
 REPORTED  IN  THE  STATE  FOR  SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE MODEL, COMPARED TO THE
 TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE MODEL REGISTERED IN THE STATE;
   2. SAFETY FEATURES THAT THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES  ARE  RELEVANT  TO
 PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AUTOMATIC
 COLLISION  WARNING  OR PEDESTRIAN DETECTION FEATURES, AUTOMATIC BRAKING,
 AND VISIBILITY; AND
   3. ANY OTHER FACTORS  THE  COMMISSIONER  DETERMINES  ARE  RELEVANT  TO
 PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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