STATE OF NEW YORK
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6649
IN SENATE
February 3, 2016
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Introduced by Sens. O'MARA, HANNON, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
portation
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:
1 Section 1. Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
2 chapter 413 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 1122-a. Overtaking a bicycle. 1. The operator of a vehicle overtak-
4 ing, from behind, a bicycle proceeding on the same side of a roadway
5 shall pass to the left of such bicycle at a [safe] distance of not less
6 than three feet until safely clear thereof.
7 2. The collision of a motor vehicle with a person operating a bicycle
8 on the same side of a roadway shall be prima facie evidence of the oper-
9 ator's failure to pass such bicyclist at a distance of more than three
10 feet until safely clear thereof.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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