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Assembly Bill A9982

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles

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2011-A9982 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1144, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A1589
2015-2016: A3933
2017-2018: A6442
2019-2020: A4409
2021-2022: A4836

2011-A9982 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles.

2011-A9982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9982

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2012
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to vehicle
  operation on approach of authorized emergency vehicles

  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 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1994, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (a)  Upon  the  immediate  approach of an authorized emergency vehicle
equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting  red  OR  BLUE  light
visible  under  normal  atmospheric  conditions  from a distance of five
hundred feet to the front of such vehicle other than a police vehicle or
bicycle when operated  as  an  authorized  emergency  vehicle  INCLUDING
VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS,  and  when audible signals are sounded from any
said vehicle by siren, exhaust whistle,  bell,  air-horn  or  electronic
equivalent;  the  driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right of
way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as  close
as  possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway, or to either
edge of a one-way roadway three or more lanes in  width,  clear  of  any
intersection,  and  shall  stop  and  remain  in such position until the
authorized emergency vehicle has passed, unless otherwise directed by  a
police officer.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15366-01-2

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