Assembly Bill A4346A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A4346 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1724
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1122-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9189
2017-2018: A2845
2019-2020: A283
2021-2022: A547, S4529

2023-A4346 - Summary

Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian outside the city of New York.

2023-A4346 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4346
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. STECK, BRONSON, FAHY, GUNTHER, SIMON, WOERNER,
   EPSTEIN, GALLAGHER,  SEAWRIGHT,  CLARK,  MAMDANI,  FORREST,  RAJKUMAR,
   OTIS,  THIELE,  GLICK  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on
   Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operators of
   a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 chapter 413 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1122-a. Overtaking a bicycle. [The] FOR CITIES HAVING  A  POPULATION
 OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION AND TOWNS AND VILLAGES, THE operator of a vehi-
 cle  overtaking, from behind, a bicycle proceeding on the same side of a
 roadway shall pass to the left of such bicycle at a [safe]  distance  OF
 NOT LESS THAN THREE FEET until safely clear thereof.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04965-01-3



              

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2023-A4346A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1724
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1122-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9189
2017-2018: A2845
2019-2020: A283
2021-2022: A547, S4529

2023-A4346A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian outside the city of New York.

2023-A4346A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4346--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. STECK, BRONSON, FAHY, GUNTHER, SIMON, WOERNER,
   EPSTEIN, GALLAGHER,  SEAWRIGHT,  CLARK,  MAMDANI,  FORREST,  RAJKUMAR,
   OTIS,   THIELE,  GLICK,  LEVENBERG,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  RAGA,  SHRESTHA,
   SIMONE, L. ROSENTHAL, McDONALD, WALLACE, LUNSFORD,  CARROLL,  SHIMSKY,
   KELLES -- 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 operators of
   a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or pedestrian
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 chapter 413 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1122-a. Overtaking a bicycle OR PEDESTRIAN.  [The]  (A)  FOR  CITIES
 HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION AND TOWNS AND VILLAGES, THE
 operator  of  a vehicle overtaking, from behind, a bicycle proceeding on
 the same side of a roadway shall pass to the left of such bicycle [at  a
 safe distance until safely clear thereof] WITH DUE CARE.
   (I) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SUCH DUE CARE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
 BE LIMITED TO, MOVING FROM A LANE OR SHOULDER WHICH CONTAINS OR IS IMME-
 DIATELY  ADJACENT  TO  THE  BICYCLIST TO ANOTHER LANE UNTIL SAFELY CLEAR
 THEREOF,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  MOVEMENT  OTHERWISE  COMPLIES  WITH  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS ELEVEN HUNDRED TEN  AND  ELEVEN  HUNDRED  TWENTY-
 EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (II) IF MOVING FROM AN IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT LANE TO ANOTHER LANE WOULD
 NOT OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER, THE OPERATOR
 OF  SUCH VEHICLE SHALL PASS TO THE LEFT OF SUCH BICYCLE AT A DISTANCE OF
 NOT LESS THAN THREE FEET UNTIL SAFELY CLEAR THEREOF.
   (III) IF MOVING FROM AN IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT LANE TO ANOTHER  LANE  OR
 PASSING TO THE LEFT OF SUCH BICYCLE AT A DISTANCE OF NOT LESS THAN THREE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04965-05-3
              

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