Bill Text: NY S07215 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the presence of traffic control devices on roadways which prohibit the changing of lanes on such roadways.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-02 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S07215 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S07215-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 7215 A. 10028 S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y May 2, 2012 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ESPINAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to roadway lane markings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 1128 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as added by chapter 206 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (d) When official [markings are in place indicating those portions of 5 any roadway where crossing such markings would be especially hazardous, 6 no driver of a vehicle proceeding along such highway shall at any time 7 drive across such markings] TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ARE IN PLACE INDI- 8 CATING THOSE PORTIONS OF ANY ROADWAY WHERE THE CHANGING OF LANES IS 9 PROHIBITED, DRIVERS OF VEHICLES SHALL OBEY THE DIRECTION OF EVERY SUCH 10 DEVICE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL 11 DEVICES ARE DESIGNATED BY A SOLID DOUBLE WHITE LINE PAVEMENT MARKING OR 12 A SIGN. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15531-01-2