S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4190
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 6, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to roadway lane
markings
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 1128 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by chapter 206 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
follows:
(d) When official markings are in place indicating those portions of
any roadway where crossing such markings would be especially hazardous,
no driver of a vehicle proceeding along such highway shall at any time
drive across such markings. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "OFFICIAL
MARKINGS" SHALL MEAN LANE LINE MARKINGS CONSISTING OF A SOLID DOUBLE
WHITE LINE USED TO INDICATE WHERE SPECIFIC LANE CHANGING IS LEGALLY
PROHIBITED FOR A PARTICULAR SECTION OF ROADWAY BY OFFICIAL ORDER, ORDI-
NANCE, RULE OR REGULATION, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE MANUAL
AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
SIXTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY OF THIS CHAPTER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01647-01-7