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                                  575--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
   Committee  on  Transportation  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  creating  a
   pedestrian safety rating system for motor vehicles
 
   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 216-b to read as follows:
   §  216-B. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY RATING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE MODELS. 1.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CAUSE TO BE CREATED A  PEDESTRIAN  SAFETY  RATING
 SYSTEM  FOR  EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE MODEL REGISTERED BY INDIVIDUALS IN THIS
 STATE WHICH SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S  INTER-
 NET WEBSITE. SUCH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY RATING SYSTEM SHALL PROVIDE A RATING
 BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE STARS FOR EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE MODEL BASED ON:
   (A)  THE  FREQUENCY  OF COLLISIONS AND NUMBER AND SEVERITY OF INJURIES
 RESULTING FROM SUCH COLLISIONS INVOLVING A BICYCLIST  OR  PEDESTRIAN  AS
 REPORTED  IN  THE  STATE  FOR  SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE MODEL, COMPARED TO THE
 TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE MODEL REGISTERED IN THE STATE;
   (B) SAFETY FEATURES THAT THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES ARE  RELEVANT  TO
 PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AUTOMATIC
 COLLISION  WARNING  OR PEDESTRIAN DETECTION FEATURES, AUTOMATIC BRAKING,
 AND VISIBILITY; AND
   (C) ANY OTHER FACTORS THE  COMMISSIONER  DETERMINES  ARE  RELEVANT  TO
 PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ISSUE  REGULATIONS  TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLE
 MANUFACTURERS, DEALERS, BROKERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND OTHER BUSINESS  ENTI-
 TIES  REQUIRED TO REGISTER IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE TO REQUIRE SUCH ENTITIES  TO  ADOPT  THE  PEDESTRIAN  SAFETY  RATING
 SYSTEM  PRESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION AT SUCH ENTITY'S
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03199-03-1

 A. 575--A                           2
 
 PLACE OF BUSINESS. SUCH ENTITIES SHALL BE REQUIRED TO CONSPICUOUSLY POST
 THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY RATING OF BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE STARS ON EACH MOTOR
 VEHICLE ADVERTISED FOR SALE AT THE PLACE OF BUSINESS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
 the pedestrian safety rating system described in section  216-b  of  the
 vehicle  and  traffic  law  as added by section one of this act shall be
 finalized by the commissioner within six months of the effective date of
 this act.