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Senate Bill S5276

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the department of transportation to conduct a study of the feasibility and impact of requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with back-up sound

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2009-S5276 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation

2009-S5276 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the department of transportation to conduct a study of the feasibility and impact of requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with back-up sound warning devices and to prepare a report concerning its findings.

2009-S5276 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5276

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to authorize the department of transportation to conduct a  study
  of  the  feasibility and impact of requiring commercial motor vehicles
  to be equipped with back-up sound warning devices  and  to  prepare  a
  report concerning its findings

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The department of transportation shall conduct a  study  to
determine  the  feasibility of requiring commercial vehicles sold in and
licensed to travel on the public roads of  this  state  be  fitted  with
apparatus or technology that emits a sound when the vehicle is placed in
reverse  gear and to establish a sound standard applicable to such appa-
ratus or technology. The sound required should vary in such a  way  that
it  is  noticeably different from other sounds emitted by a vehicle when
the vehicle is engaged in other operations, including idling, accelerat-
ing or decelerating. In conducting the study, the department  of  trans-
portation  shall  review all available research and literature regarding
the use of such equipment and the impact of the presence of such  equip-
ment  on  the  safety  of  pedestrians. The study need not prescribe the
apparatus, technology, or  method  to  be  used  by  commercial  vehicle
manufacturers  to  achieve the required sound level. This study shall be
completed within six  months  following  the  effective  date  of  these
provisions.
  S  2. Upon completion of the study, the commissioner of transportation
or his or her designee shall make a report, such report to be no  longer
than  five  pages,  to  the  governor,  the speaker of the assembly, the
temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of  the  assembly
and  the  minority leader of the senate of the findings, conclusions and
recommendations arising from the study. This report shall  be  submitted
no later than sixty days after completion of the study.
  S 3. 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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