A01751 Summary:
BILL NO | A01751 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Lentol |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add S1132, V & T L | |
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Relates to penalties for certain traffic violations. |
A01751 Actions:
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01/12/2015 | referred to transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/28/2015 | held for consideration in transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | referred to transportation |
A01751 Committee Votes:
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Go to topA01751 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1751 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to penalties for certain traffic violations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1132 to read as follows: 3 § 1132. Lane safety. To decrease road rage, when a roadway is divided 4 into clearly marked lanes for traffic, drivers of vehicles shall obey 5 the following: 6 (a) A vehicle shall normally be driven in the lane nearest the right- 7 hand edge or curb of the roadway when that lane is available for travel, 8 except when overtaking another vehicle or in preparation for a left 9 turn. 10 (b) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entirely within 11 a single lane and shall not be moved from that lane until the driver has 12 first ascertained that the movement can be made with safety. 13 (c) Upon a highway which is divided into three lanes, a vehicle shall 14 not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking or passing 15 another vehicle or in preparation for a left turn or unless the center 16 lane is at the time allocated for traffic moving in the direction the 17 vehicle is proceeding and is signposted to give notice of that allo- 18 cation. 19 (d) The commissioner shall, by regulation, or local authorities shall, 20 by resolution or ordinance with respect to highways under their juris- 21 diction, designate right-hand lanes for slow moving traffic and inside 22 lanes for traffic moving at the speed designated for the district, and 23 when the lanes are signposted or marked to give notice of the desig- 24 nation, a vehicle may be driven in any lane allocated to traffic moving 25 in the direction in which it is proceeding, but when traveling within EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02216-01-5A. 1751 2 1 the inside lanes, the vehicle shall be driven at approximately the speed 2 authorized in such lanes and speed shall not be decreased unnecessarily 3 so as to block, hinder or slow traffic. 4 (e) The penalty for violation of this section shall be a fine of not 5 less than one hundred dollars or more than three hundred dollars. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.