STATE OF NEW YORK
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1605
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
all new motor vehicles sold in this state to be equipped with a blind
spot monitoring device
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 379 to read as follows:
3 § 379. Blind spot monitoring device. 1. For purposes of this section,
4 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
5 a. "blind spot monitoring device" shall mean a system of digital
6 cameras or other media recording devices fitted within the body or on
7 the exterior of a motor vehicle which is capable of monitoring all blind
8 spots associated with such motor vehicle and which generates a warning
9 to the operator of such motor vehicle, by means of a light, a buzzer or
10 both, when any object is detected in such blind spot; and
11 b. "blind spot" shall mean an area of the road that cannot be seen by
12 the operator of a motor vehicle while looking forward or through either
13 the rear-view or side mirrors.
14 2. Commencing with model year two thousand thirteen and every model
15 year thereafter, every automobile sold in this state shall be equipped
16 with a blind spot monitoring device. The commissioner is hereby author-
17 ized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the
18 implementation of this section.
19 § 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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