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Assembly Bill A7918

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits a motor vehicle driver from driving abreast of another motor vehicle in a lane designated for one vehicle

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2013-A7918 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1212, V & T L

2013-A7918 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a motor vehicle driver from driving abreast of another motor vehicle in a lane designated for one vehicle.

2013-A7918 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7918

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 10, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
  a  motor  vehicle driver from driving abreast of another motor vehicle
  in a lane designated for one vehicle

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

  Section  1.  Section  1212 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
chapter 47 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
  S 1212. Reckless driving. (A) Reckless driving shall mean  driving  or
using  any  motor  vehicle, motorcycle or any other vehicle propelled by
any power other than muscular power or any appliance or accessory there-
of in a manner which unreasonably interferes with the  free  and  proper
use of the public highway, or unreasonably endangers users of the public
highway.
  (B) A PERSON SHALL BE GUILTY OF RECKLESS DRIVING WHEN HE OR SHE DRIVES
ANY  MOTOR  VEHICLE  SO  AS  TO  BE ABREAST OF ANOTHER VEHICLE IN A LANE
DESIGNED FOR ONE VEHICLE, OR DRIVES ANY MOTOR VEHICLE SO  AS  TO  TRAVEL
ABREAST  OF ANY OTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING IN A LANE DESIGNED FOR ONE VEHI-
CLE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE  CONSTRUED
TO  PROHIBIT TWO MOTORCYCLES FROM TRAVELING ABREAST WHILE TRAVELING IN A
LANE DESIGNATED FOR  ONE  VEHICLE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  TWELVE
HUNDRED  FIFTY-TWO  OF THIS CHAPTER. IN ADDITION, THIS SECTION SHALL NOT
APPLY TO (I) ANY VALIDLY AUTHORIZED  PARADE,  MOTORCADE,  OR  MOTORCYCLE
ESCORT;  (II) A MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE SAME LANE OF TRAFFIC AS A
BICYCLE, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE, ELECTRIC POWER-AS-
SISTED BICYCLE, OR MOPED; OR (III) ANY VEHICLE WHEN LAWFULLY  OVERTAKING
AND  PASSING  ONE  OR MORE VEHICLES TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION IN A
SEPARATE LANE.
  Reckless driving is prohibited. Every person violating this  provision
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
  S 2. 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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