NY State Senate Bill S1724

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Jan 13, 2023	referred to transportation

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S1724 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4346
Current Committee:: Senate 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: S4529, A547

S1724 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind outside the city of New York.

S1724 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1724

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operators of
a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind

 
PURPOSE:

Requires vehicles overtaking a bicycle from behind to allow a safe
distance of 3 feet when passing.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, provid-
ing that operators of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind
proceeding on the same roadway shall pass to the left of such bicycle at
a safe distance of no less than three feet until safely clear thereof.
This would apply to cities with a population of less than one million
and towns and villages.

Section 2 states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The majority of the accidents consisting of vehicles and cyclists
involved driver inattention and failure to yield. With the Department of
Transportation actively installing bike lanes on state roadways through-
out the state, this legislation is timely and necessary to support the
increased bicycle traffic.

A specific distance-three feet-was chosen in order to provide an easily
understood distance for motorists. Specifying three feet as the minimum
passing distance provides adequate space for bicyclists to safely travel
on the road. New York City's population dense environment creates a
number of unique challenges to implementation.

This legislation will help keep our cyclists safe by requiring that
vehicle operators keep a safe distance of 3 feet to provide a buffer for
quick decision-making outside of New York City. This small change
ensures that both cyclists and vehicles share the roads safely for all
portions of the state where implementation is currently plausible.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S4529/A547A - Passed Senate/Died in Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

S1724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1724
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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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Pete Harckham

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Anthony H. Palumbo

Luis R. Sepúlveda

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