STATE OF NEW YORK
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4529
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 5, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
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] For cities having a population
4 of less than one million and towns and villages, the operator of a vehi-
5 cle overtaking, from behind, a bicycle proceeding on the same side of a
6 roadway shall pass to the left of such bicycle at a [safe] distance of
7 not less than three feet until safely clear thereof.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
9 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07919-01-1
