Assembly Bill A1496

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to right of way for vehicles traveling in adjacent lanes

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A1496 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1147, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9066
2019-2020: A2095

2021-A1496 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that a driver in possession of a lane must yield the right of way to all vehicles which properly signal their intent to merge into their lane or are attempting to avoid an obstacle in the road.

2021-A1496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1496
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to right of way
   for vehicles traveling in adjacent lanes
 
   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 yield to
 the driver ahead act".
   § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1147 to read as follows:
   §  1147.  VEHICLE  MERGING  INTO AN ADJACENT LANE. (A) THE DRIVER OF A
 VEHICLE ON ANY ROADWAY WHICH HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO TWO OR  MORE  CLEARLY
 MARKED LANES FOR TRAFFIC TO TRAVEL IN THE SAME DIRECTION SHALL YIELD THE
 RIGHT  OF  WAY TO ALL VEHICLES WHICH HAVE GIVEN AN APPROPRIATE SIGNAL OF
 INTENTION TO MERGE RIGHT OR LEFT AND SHALL NOT  INCREASE  THE  SPEED  OF
 THEIR VEHICLE UNTIL SUCH MERGE HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
   (B)  THE  DRIVER  OF  A  VEHICLE  ON ANY ROADWAY WHERE AN OBSTACLE HAS
 BLOCKED ONE OR MORE LANES SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO  ALL  VEHICLES
 SEEKING TO AVOID SUCH OBSTACLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05048-01-1

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