Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 24, 2023 | reported referred to codes |
Feb 08, 2023 | referred to transportation |
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Jo Anne Simon
Emily Gallagher
Harvey Epstein
Robert C. Carroll
A3986 (ACTIVE) - Details
A3986 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3986 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, SIMON, GALLAGHER, EPSTEIN, CARROLL, JACK- SON, HUNTER, McMAHON, MITAYNES, DAVILA, BURDICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- 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 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, BEFORE ENTERING THE INTERSECTION, EITHER SLOW DOWN TO A SPEED REASONABLE FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS, OR SHALL STOP IF REQUIRED FOR SAFETY AT A CLEARLY MARKED STOP LINE, BUT IF NONE, THEN SHALL STOP BEFORE ENTERING THE CROSSWALK ON THE NEAR SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, OR IN THE EVENT THERE IS NO CROSSWALK, AT THE POINT NEAREST THE INTERSECT- ING HIGHWAY WHERE SUCH PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE HAS A VIEW OF THE APPROACHING TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSECTING HIGHWAY. SUCH PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY TO ANY PEDESTRIAN LEGALLY CROSS- ING THE HIGHWAY ON WHICH THEY ARE OPERATING THE BICYCLE, AND TO ANY VEHICLE IN THE INTERSECTION OR APPROACHING ON ANOTHER HIGHWAY SO CLOSELY AS TO CONSTITUTE AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD DURING THE TIME SUCH PERSON OPERAT- ING A BICYCLE IS MOVING ACROSS OR WITHIN THE INTERSECTION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF SUCH PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE IS INVOLVED IN A COLLI- SION WITH A PEDESTRIAN IN A CROSSWALK OR A VEHICLE IN THE INTERSECTION AFTER OPERATING A BICYCLE PAST A STOP SIGN WITHOUT STOPPING, SUCH COLLI- SION SHALL BE DEEMED PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THEIR FAILURE TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY. 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, EXCEPT WHEN DIRECTED TO PROCEED BY A POLICE OFFICER, EVERY PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE APPROACH- ING A STEADY CIRCULAR RED SIGNAL OR RED ARROW SIGNAL OF A TRAFFIC-CON- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00429-01-3