STATE OF NEW YORK
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3864--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
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 twenty-four 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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