Assembly Bill A10825

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle or vehicle displaying a blue or green light

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A10825 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8196
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1144-a & 510, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3826, S1332
2021-2022: S2270
2023-2024: S187

2017-A10825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle or vehicle displaying a blue or green light; provides for mandatory revocation of a driver's license for a period of six months where a person violates section 1144-a of the vehicle and traffic law and causes serious physical injury or death to another person; directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a public information campaign to instruct the public that operating a motor vehicle when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle or vehicle displaying a blue or green light that results in physical injury, serious physical injury or death as a result of the operator recklessly failing to exercise due care to avoid a collision can result in serious criminal penalties.

2017-A10825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10825
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 21, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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 or hazard vehicle or vehicle displaying a
   blue or green light

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1144-a of the vehicle and traffic law,  as  amended
 by  chapter  458 of the laws of 2011, the section heading as amended and
 subdivision (c) as added by chapter 97 of the laws of 2016, and subdivi-
 sion (a) as amended by chapter 248 of the laws of 2013,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  1144-a. Operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or
 standing authorized emergency  vehicle  or  hazard  vehicle  or  vehicle
 displaying a blue or green light. (a) 1. Every operator of a motor vehi-
 cle  shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with an authorized emer-
 gency 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 or combination red and white lights  pursuant
 to  the  provisions of paragraph two of subdivision forty-one of section
 three hundred seventy-five of this chapter or is displaying one or  more
 blue, combination blue and red or combination blue, red and white lights
 pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph b of paragraph four of subdi-
 vision  forty-one of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter.
 For operators of motor vehicles on parkways or controlled  access  high-
 ways,  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  emergency  vehicle displaying one or more red, blue or
 white or any combination of red and white lights or blue or  combination
 blue  and  red or combination blue, red and white lights pursuant to the
 provisions of paragraph two or subparagraph  b  of  paragraph  four,  as
 applicable  of  subdivision  forty-one of section three hundred seventy-
 five of this chapter is parked, stopped or  standing  to  another  lane,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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