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Assembly Bill A4836

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles

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2021-A4836 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1144, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9982
2013-2014: A1589
2015-2016: A3933
2017-2018: A6442
2019-2020: A4409

2021-A4836 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles.

2021-A4836 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4836
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  vehicle
   operation on approach of authorized emergency vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1144 of the vehicle and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) Upon the immediate approach of  an  authorized  emergency  vehicle
 equipped  with  at  least  one lighted lamp exhibiting red OR BLUE light
 visible under normal atmospheric conditions  from  a  distance  of  five
 hundred feet to the front of such vehicle other than a police vehicle or
 bicycle  when  operated  as  an  authorized  emergency vehicle INCLUDING
 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, and when audible signals are  sounded  from  any
 said  vehicle  by  siren,  exhaust whistle, bell, air-horn or electronic
 equivalent; the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the  right  of
 way  and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close
 as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway, or to  either
 edge  of  a  one-way  roadway three or more lanes in width, clear of any
 intersection, and shall stop and  remain  in  such  position  until  the
 authorized  emergency vehicle has passed, unless otherwise directed by a
 police officer.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08815-01-1

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