Requires the commissioner of the department of transportation in consultation with the department of motor vehicles to develop a program addressing the problem of wrong way drivers on New York interstate highways.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6363
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, McDONOUGH, RAIA, ABINANTI -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to requiring the develop-
ment of a program addressing the problem of wrong way drivers on New
York interstate highways
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 67 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 67. Wrong way driver program. 1. Within one year of the effective
4 date of this section, the commissioner shall, in consultation with the
5 New York state department of motor vehicles, develop a program to
6 address the problem of wrong way drivers on New York interstate high-
7 ways.
8 2. Such program shall:
9 a. investigate possible reasons for the problem of wrong way drivers
10 on New York interstate highways;
11 b. assess what other states have done to address this problem;
12 c. set forth possible solutions to the problem; and
13 d. implement measures to reduce the problem of wrong way drivers on
14 New York interstate highways.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05832-01-7
