Bill Text: NY A04514 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle with a video monitor that plays pre-recorded programming or other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications within view of the operator of such vehicle or where the monitor is located at any point forward of the back of the driver's seat; prevents distracted driving.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A04514 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A04514-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4514
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 3, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operation of
a motor vehicle with a video monitor or screen
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 24 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 39 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 24. It shall be unlawful to operate upon any public STREET, ROAD OR
5 highway in this state a motor vehicle which is equipped with a tele-
6 vision receiving set, OR A VIDEO MONITOR OR SCREEN UPON WHICH ANY MEANS
7 OF VISUALLY DISPLAYING A TELEVISION BROADCAST OR VIDEO SIGNAL THAT
8 PRODUCES ENTERTAINMENT OR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS MAY BE DISPLAYED, AT ANY
9 POINT FORWARD OF THE BACK OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT, OR within view of the
10 operator or in which a television receiving set is in operation within
11 the view of the operator OR IN WHICH A VIDEO MONITOR OR SCREEN DISPLAY-
12 ING ANY MEANS OF VISUALLY DISPLAYING A TELEVISION BROADCAST OR VIDEO
13 SIGNAL THAT PRODUCES ENTERTAINMENT OR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE
14 VIEW OF THE OPERATOR. A motor vehicle shall not be deemed to be
15 equipped with a television receiving set OR SUCH A VIDEO MONITOR OR
16 SCREEN solely because such set, MONITOR OR SCREEN utilizes power from
17 such vehicle. The provisions of this subdivision shall not prohibit a
18 vehicle with a weight of ten thousand pounds or more or a school bus
19 from using closed-circuit television receiving equipment exclusively for
20 safety and maneuvering purposes, in accordance with regulations to be
21 established by the commissioner. NO RETAILER SHALL INSTALL IN ANY MOTOR
22 VEHICLE, ANY VIDEO MONITOR OR SCREEN UPON WHICH ANY MEANS OF VISUALLY
23 DISPLAYING A TELEVISION BROADCAST OR VIDEO SIGNAL THAT PRODUCES ENTER-
24 TAINMENT OR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS AT ANY POINT FORWARD OF THE BACK OF
25 THE DRIVER'S SEAT, OR WITHIN THE VIEW OF THE OPERATOR OF THE MOTOR VEHI-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05639-01-1
A. 4514 2
1 CLE. FURTHERMORE, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO
2 (A) THE VIDEO MONITOR OR SCREEN ON ANY GLOBAL POSITIONING OR NAVIGA-
3 TIONAL SYSTEM, MAPPING DISPLAY OR OTHER DISPLAY UTILIZED TO ENHANCE THE
4 EXTERIOR VIEW FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANEUVERING THE MOTOR VEHICLE, (B) ANY
5 TELEVISION RECEIVING SET, OR VIDEO MONITOR OR SCREEN, IF SUCH EQUIPMENT
6 OR MOTOR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A DEVICE THAT DISABLES SUCH EQUIPMENT
7 WHILE SUCH VEHICLE IS OPERATED UPON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY, (C) ANY MOBILE
8 DIGITAL TERMINAL IN AN AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE, OR (D) ANY TELE-
9 VISION RECEIVING SET OR VIDEO MONITOR OR SCREEN IN A SELF-CONTAINED
10 MOTOR HOME IN EXCESS OF TWENTY OPEN FEET IN LENGTH.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
12 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
