Exempts horse-drawn carriages or carts from the ban on night riding if they display at least two lighted lamps on the front of the vehicle, one on each side, having light sources of equal power and visible from the front for a distance of at least three hundred fifty feet; at least one lighted lamp on the rear, located between the center and the left side of the vehicle, which shall display a red or amber fixed or flashing light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet; and reflective material upon the shafts of the vehicle or other parts thereof which shall normally parallel the body, head or legs of the horse pulling such vehicle.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8419
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 29, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exceptions
to the ban on night riding
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1264 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
2 chapter 676 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 1264. Ban on night riding. (a) No person shall ride or lead a horse
4 upon a roadway during the period from one-half hour after sunset to
5 one-half hour before sunrise, provided however that horse-drawn
6 carriages or carts may be driven upon a roadway during such period if
7 they display:
8 (1) at least two lighted lamps on the front of the vehicle, one on
9 each side, having light sources of equal power and visible from the
10 front for a distance of at least three hundred fifty feet;
11 (2) at least one lighted lamp on the rear, located between the center
12 and the left side of the vehicle, which shall display a red or amber
13 fixed or flashing light visible from a distance of at least five hundred
14 feet; and
15 (3) reflective material upon the shafts of the vehicle or other parts
16 thereof which shall normally parallel the body, head or legs of the
17 horse pulling such vehicle.
18 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to [horse-drawn
19 carriages or carts or] police officers, peace officers or park rangers
20 mounted on horseback.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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