Assembly Bill A5866

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the operation of vehicles on approach of vehicles displaying a blue light

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A5866 (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:
2017-2018: A2971
2019-2020: A1375
2023-2024: A2766

2021-A5866 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the operation of vehicles on approach of vehicles displaying a blue light; requires vehicles to pull over on approach of vehicles displaying a blue light.

2021-A5866 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5866
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA, FERNANDEZ -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the opera-
   tion of vehicles on approach of vehicles displaying a blue light
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1144 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter 300 of the laws of 1960 and subdivision (a) as amended by  chap-
 ter 606 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1144. Operation  of  vehicles  on  approach  of authorized emergency
 vehicles OR VEHICLES DISPLAYING A BLUE LIGHT.   (a) Upon  the  immediate
 approach  of  an authorized emergency vehicle equipped with at least one
 lighted lamp exhibiting  red  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, and when audible signals are sounded from
 any said vehicle by siren, exhaust whistle, bell, air-horn or electronic
 equivalent OR UPON THE IMMEDIATE APPROACH OF A VEHICLE DISPLAYING A BLUE
 LIGHT PURSUANT TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  PARAGRAPH  FOUR  OF  SUBDIVISION
 FORTY-ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER; 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  OR  SUCH  VEHICLE  DISPLAYING  A  BLUE LIGHT has passed, unless
 otherwise directed by a police officer.
   (b) This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an author-
 ized emergency vehicle OR THE DRIVER OF  A  VEHICLE  DISPLAYING  A  BLUE
 LIGHT  PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  PARAGRAPH  FOUR OF SUBDIVISION
 FORTY-ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER from the
 duty to drive with reasonable care for all persons using the highway.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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