NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1952

Senate Bill S1952

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Mandates the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state and requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain rules and regulations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to transportation
Jan 17, 2023	referred to transportation

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2023-S1952 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4057
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S9528

2023-S1952 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state; requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain rules and regulations.

2023-S1952 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1952

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandating
the use of advanced safety technology in vehicles in the state and
requiring the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate certain rules
and regulations

 
PURPOSE:

To mandate certain vehicle safety technology and limit blind spots in
vehicles.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends Title 3, Article 9, Section 375 ("Equipment") of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding subsection 55 to require any passenger
vehicle manufactured after 2024 in New York State to be equipped with
advanced safety technology.

Section two amends Title 3, Article 9, Section 375 ("Equipment") of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding subsection 56 requiring the commis-
sioner to issue regulations for vehicles over 3,000 pounds to limit
blind spots and establish standards regarding direct visibility of
pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users from the driver's
position, by reducing to the greatest possible extent the blind spots in
front and to the side of the driver.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Traffic violence in New York City skyrocketed in 2021 to levels not seen
in years. There were over 270 traffic-related deaths on city streets in
2021 the deadliest year of Mayor de Blasio's term.  Unfortunately, it
was not an outlier. There were also record deaths in 2020, with 243
confirmed traffic fatalities. The unfortunate trends we are witnessing
add up to a crisis. Each death is preventable. A multifaceted approach
to street safety is necessary to keep our pedestrians, cyclists, motor-
ists, and all road users safe.

Vehicle technology has advanced significantly in recent years, with
advanced safety features now available that have the potential to great-
ly reduce injuries and deaths on our roadways. We must use every tool
available to us to keep New York safe. Studies have shown that Intelli-
gent Speed Assistance (ISA) alone can reduce traffic fatalities by 20W.
This in addition with Advanced Emergency Braking (AEB), Emergency Lane
Keeping Systems (ELKS), drowsiness and distraction recognition technolo-
gy, and rear-view cameras would help prevent crashes from occurring in
the first place.

This bill would mandate that new vehicles registered in this state and
manufactured on or after January 1, 2024, be equipped with this life
saving technology.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.9528 of 2021-2022 (Hoylman): Died in Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S1952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1952
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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  mandating
   the  use  of  advanced  safety technology in vehicles in the state and
   requiring the commissioner of motor  vehicles  to  promulgate  certain
   rules and regulations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding two new subdivisions 55 and 56 to read as follows:
   55.  (A) EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AND MANUFACTURED
 OR ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE  SHALL
 BE EQUIPPED WITH ADVANCED SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.
   (B) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "ADVANCED SAFETY TECHNOLOGY" INCLUDES
 ACTIVE  INTELLIGENT  SPEED  ASSISTANCE (ISA), ADVANCED EMERGENCY BRAKING
 (AEB), EMERGENCY LANE KEEPING SYSTEMS  (ELKS),  BLIND  SPOT  INFORMATION
 SYSTEMS (BSIS), DROWSINESS AND DISTRACTION RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, REAR-
 VIEW  CAMERA SENSOR SYSTEMS, AND EVENT DATA RECORDERS (EDR).  BSIS SHALL
 INCLUDE CYCLIST AND PEDESTRIAN DETECTION TECHNOLOGY.  EDR DEVICES  SHALL
 PROVIDE STANDARDIZED AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE DATA. THE COMMISSIONER, AFTER
 A  PUBLIC HEARING, SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS PROVIDING SPECIFICATIONS
 FOR EACH TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
   56. THE COMMISSIONER, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES
 AND  REGULATIONS  FOR VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AND MANUFACTURED
 OR ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, WITH A
 WEIGHT OF THREE THOUSAND  POUNDS  OR  MORE,  ESTABLISHING  STANDARDS  OF
 DIRECT  VISIBILITY  OF  PEDESTRIANS,  CYCLISTS AND OTHER VULNERABLE ROAD
 USERS FROM THE DRIVER'S POSITION, BY REDUCING TO THE  GREATEST  POSSIBLE
 EXTENT THE BLIND SPOTS IN FRONT AND TO THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02652-01-3

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