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Assembly Bill A9144A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Includes emergency vehicles displaying certain flashing light combinations in provisions of law requiring operators of vehicles to exercise due care when approaching

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2011-A9144 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6119
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1144-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A1382, S2318

2011-A9144 - Summary

Includes emergency vehicles displaying certain flashing light color combinations in provisions of law that require operators of vehicles to exercise due care when approaching.

2011-A9144 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9144

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the opera-
  tion of vehicles  when  approaching  a  parked,  stopped  or  standing
  authorized emergency vehicle

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  1144-a  of  the
vehicle  and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2011,
is amended to read as follows:
  (a) Every operator of a motor vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid
colliding with an authorized emergency vehicle which is parked,  stopped
or  standing  on  the  shoulder  or any portion of such highway and such
authorized emergency vehicle is displaying one or more red, BLUE,  WHITE
OR  AMBER  or  ANY combination OF red [and], BLUE, white OR AMBER lights
pursuant to the provisions of paragraph two of subdivision forty-one  of
section  three  hundred  seventy-five  of this chapter. For operators of
motor vehicles on parkways or controlled access highways, such due  care
shall  include, but not be limited to, moving from a lane which contains
or is immediately adjacent to the shoulder where such  authorized  emer-
gency  vehicle  displaying  one or more red, BLUE, WHITE OR AMBER or ANY
combination OF red [and], BLUE, white OR AMBER lights  pursuant  to  the
provisions  of  paragraph  two of subdivision forty-one of section three
hundred seventy-five of this chapter is parked, stopped or  standing  to
another  lane,  provided  that such movement otherwise complies with the
requirements  of  this  chapter  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the
provisions  of  sections  eleven  hundred  ten  of this title and eleven
hundred twenty-eight of this title.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
manner as section 3 of chapter 458 of the laws of 2011, takes effect.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13818-01-1

2011-A9144A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6119
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1144-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A1382, S2318

2011-A9144A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes emergency vehicles displaying certain flashing light color combinations in provisions of law that require operators of vehicles to exercise due care when approaching.

2011-A9144A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 9144--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Transportation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  opera-
  tion  of  vehicles  when  approaching  a  parked,  stopped or standing
  authorized emergency vehicle

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

  Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 1144-a of the vehicle and traf-
fic law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  (a) Every operator of a motor vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid
colliding  with an authorized emergency vehicle which is parked, stopped
or standing on the shoulder or any portion  of  such  highway  and  such
authorized  emergency vehicle is displaying one or more red, BLUE, WHITE
OR AMBER or ANY combination OF red [and], BLUE, white  OR  AMBER  lights
pursuant  to the provisions of paragraph two of subdivision forty-one of
section three hundred seventy-five of this  chapter.  For  operators  of
motor  vehicles on parkways or controlled access highways, such due care
shall include, but not be limited to, moving from a lane which  contains
or  is  immediately adjacent to the shoulder where such authorized emer-
gency vehicle displaying one or more red, BLUE, WHITE OR  AMBER  or  ANY
combination  OF  red  [and], BLUE, white OR AMBER lights pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph two of subdivision forty-one  of  section  three
hundred  seventy-five  of this chapter is parked, stopped or standing to
another lane, provided that such movement otherwise  complies  with  the
requirements  of  this  chapter  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the
provisions of sections eleven hundred  ten  of  this  title  and  eleven
hundred twenty-eight of this title.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13818-03-2

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