Bill Text: NY A04409 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A04409 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04409-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4409
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. B. MILLER, FINCH -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to vehicle
          operation on approach of authorized emergency vehicles
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 1144 of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1994, is amended  to  read
     3  as follows:
     4    (a)  Upon  the  immediate  approach of an authorized emergency vehicle
     5  equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting  red  or  blue  light
     6  visible  under  normal  atmospheric  conditions  from a distance of five
     7  hundred feet to the front of such vehicle other than a police vehicle or
     8  bicycle when operated  as  an  authorized  emergency  vehicle  including
     9  volunteer  firefighters,  and  when audible signals are sounded from any
    10  said vehicle by siren, exhaust whistle,  bell,  air-horn  or  electronic
    11  equivalent;  the  driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right of
    12  way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as  close
    13  as  possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway, or to either
    14  edge of a one-way roadway three or more lanes in  width,  clear  of  any
    15  intersection,  and  shall  stop  and  remain  in such position until the
    16  authorized emergency vehicle has passed, unless otherwise directed by  a
    17  police officer.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06581-01-9