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                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2020
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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  the  opera-
   tion of bicycles at stop signs and traffic-control signals
 
   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 1231-a to read as follows:
   §  1231-A.  SPECIAL  PROVISIONS  FOR  BICYCLES. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE APPROACHING A  STOP
 SIGN  SHALL  SLOW DOWN AND, IF REQUIRED FOR SAFETY, STOP BEFORE ENTERING
 THE INTERSECTION. AFTER SLOWING TO A REASONABLE SPEED OR  STOPPING,  THE
 PERSON  SHALL  YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO ANY VEHICLE IN THE INTERSECTION
 OR APPROACHING ON ANOTHER HIGHWAY SO CLOSELY AS TO CONSTITUTE AN IMMEDI-
 ATE HAZARD DURING THE TIME THE PERSON IS MOVING  ACROSS  OR  WITHIN  THE
 INTERSECTION OR INJUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS, EXCEPT THAT A PERSON AFTER SLOW-
 ING  TO  A  REASONABLE  SPEED AND YIELDING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO VEHICLES,
 OTHER PERSONS OPERATING A  BICYCLE  AND  PEDESTRIANS  IF  REQUIRED,  MAY
 CAUTIOUSLY MAKE A TURN OR PROCEED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT STOP-
 PING.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A PERSON OPERATING A
 BICYCLE APPROACHING A  STEADY  RED  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  SHALL  STOP
 BEFORE  ENTERING  THE INTERSECTION AND SHALL YIELD TO ALL OTHER TRAFFIC.
 ONCE THE PERSON HAS STOPPED, THE PERSON MAY PROCEED THROUGH  THE  STEADY
 RED  TRAFFIC-CONTROL  SIGNAL  WITH  CAUTION.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT A
 PERSON AFTER SLOWING TO A REASONABLE SPEED AND YIELDING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
 IF REQUIRED, MAY CAUTIOUSLY MAKE A RIGHT-HAND  TURN.  A  LEFT-HAND  TURN
 ONTO A ONE-WAY HIGHWAY MAY BE MADE ON A RED TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL AFTER
 STOPPING AND YIELDING TO OTHER TRAFFIC.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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