Bill Text: NY S04544 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4544 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires operators of motor vehicles to yield the right of way upon the immediate approach of a vehicle displaying a green or blue light.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04544 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04544-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4544

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 5, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  the  opera-
          tion  of  vehicles that are on approach of vehicles displaying a green
          or blue light

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  The section heading and subdivision (b) of section 1144 of
     2  the  vehicle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 300 of the laws of
     3  1960, are amended to read as follows:
     4    Operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles  or
     5  vehicles displaying a green or blue light.
     6    (b) This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an author-
     7  ized  emergency  vehicle  or  a vehicle authorized to display a green or
     8  blue light from the duty to drive with reasonable care for  all  persons
     9  using the highway.
    10    §  2. Section 1144 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
    11  a new subdivision (a-1) to read as follows:
    12    (a-1) Upon the immediate approach of a vehicle equipped with at  least
    13  one  lighted lamp exhibiting a green or blue light, pursuant to subdivi-
    14  sion forty-one of section three hundred seventy-five  of  this  chapter,
    15  which  is  visible  under  normal  atmospheric conditions, the driver of
    16  every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and  shall  immediately
    17  drive  to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to the right-
    18  hand edge or curb of the roadway, or to either edge of a one-way roadway
    19  three or more lanes in width, clear of any intersection, and shall  stop
    20  and remain in such position until the vehicle has passed.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08411-02-1