Mandates the use of intelligent speed assistance systems in certain motor vehicles registered in the state which were manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 2029.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
September 18, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Carroll) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandating
the use of intelligent speed assistance systems in certain registered
motor vehicles in the state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 58 to read as follows:
3 58. (a) As used in this subdivision, the term "intelligent speed
4 assistance system" shall mean an integrated vehicle system that deter-
5 mines the speed limit of the roadway that the vehicle is traveling on
6 and, when the vehicle begins moving in excess of ten miles per hour over
7 such speed limit, alerts the driver in a manner which shall include, but
8 not be limited to, a brief, one-time visual and audio signal.
9 (b) Every motor vehicle registered in this state and manufactured or
10 assembled on or after January first, two thousand twenty-nine shall be
11 equipped with an intelligent speed assistance system; provided, however,
12 this subdivision shall not apply to:
13 (i) a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than
14 eighty-five hundred pounds which a federal motor vehicle safety standard
15 of any kind or character exists requiring either the passive or active
16 control of speed;
17 (ii) a motorcycle;
18 (iii) a bicycle with electric assist;
19 (iv) a motor vehicle which is not equipped with either a global posi-
20 tioning system or a front-facing camera; or
21 (v) an authorized emergency vehicle.
22 (c) If an intelligent speed assistance system receives conflicting
23 speed limits for the same area, the system shall utilize the higher
24 speed limit.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16117-02-4
