STATE OF NEW YORK
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1439
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 14, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. O'MARA, CARLUCCI, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
portation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to operators of
a vehicle overtaking a bicycle from behind
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1122-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
2 chapter 413 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 1122-a. Overtaking a bicycle. The operator of a vehicle overtaking,
4 from behind, a bicycle proceeding on the same side of a roadway shall
5 pass to the left of such bicycle at a [safe] distance of not less than
6 three feet until safely clear thereof.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
8 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03520-01-9
