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Assembly Bill A3572

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for certain traffic violations

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2017-A3572 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1132, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8172
2015-2016: A1751
2019-2020: A2742

2017-A3572 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to penalties for certain traffic violations.

2017-A3572 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3572
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to penalties
   for certain traffic violations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 1132 to read as follows:
   § 1132. LANE SAFETY. TO DECREASE ROAD RAGE, WHEN A ROADWAY IS  DIVIDED
 INTO  CLEARLY  MARKED  LANES FOR TRAFFIC, DRIVERS OF VEHICLES SHALL OBEY
 THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) A VEHICLE SHALL NORMALLY BE DRIVEN IN THE LANE NEAREST THE  RIGHT-
 HAND EDGE OR CURB OF THE ROADWAY WHEN THAT LANE IS AVAILABLE FOR TRAVEL,
 EXCEPT  WHEN  OVERTAKING  ANOTHER  VEHICLE  OR IN PREPARATION FOR A LEFT
 TURN.
   (B) A VEHICLE SHALL BE DRIVEN AS NEARLY AS PRACTICABLE ENTIRELY WITHIN
 A SINGLE LANE AND SHALL NOT BE MOVED FROM THAT LANE UNTIL THE DRIVER HAS
 FIRST ASCERTAINED THAT THE MOVEMENT CAN BE MADE WITH SAFETY.
   (C) UPON A HIGHWAY WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO THREE LANES, A VEHICLE  SHALL
 NOT  BE  DRIVEN  IN  THE  CENTER  LANE EXCEPT WHEN OVERTAKING OR PASSING
 ANOTHER VEHICLE OR IN PREPARATION FOR A LEFT TURN OR UNLESS  THE  CENTER
 LANE  IS  AT  THE TIME ALLOCATED FOR TRAFFIC MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THE
 VEHICLE IS PROCEEDING AND IS SIGNPOSTED TO GIVE  NOTICE  OF  THAT  ALLO-
 CATION.
   (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY REGULATION, OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES SHALL,
 BY  RESOLUTION  OR ORDINANCE WITH RESPECT TO HIGHWAYS UNDER THEIR JURIS-
 DICTION, DESIGNATE RIGHT-HAND LANES FOR SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC  AND  INSIDE
 LANES  FOR  TRAFFIC MOVING AT THE SPEED DESIGNATED FOR THE DISTRICT, AND
 WHEN THE LANES ARE SIGNPOSTED OR MARKED TO GIVE  NOTICE  OF  THE  DESIG-
 NATION,  A VEHICLE MAY BE DRIVEN IN ANY LANE ALLOCATED TO TRAFFIC MOVING
 IN THE DIRECTION IN WHICH IT IS PROCEEDING, BUT  WHEN  TRAVELING  WITHIN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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