S277-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S277-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S277

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
motorcycles to be operated with both wheels on the roadway

PURPOSE:
Requires motorcycles to be operated on public highways with both
wheels on the ground at all times.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Section 1251 of the vehicle and traffic law in amended to
add a new subdivision (e) which states that no person shall operate a
motorcycle on a public highway unless both wheels thereof remain on
the roadway or ground at all times, except in a circumstance beyond
the operator's control.

Section 2: Enacting clause.

JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation will allow law enforcement officers to cite
motorcyclists who perform wheelies, riding on the rear wheel only, or
"stoppies", riding on the front wheel only, on public highways.
There is currently no provision in the vehicle and traffic law that
prohibits this type of dangerous activity.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.7385 of 2010- Reported from Transportation and Referred to Codes
S.4437 of 2011/12 - Referred to Transportation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

S277-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                     277

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- 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  requiring
    motorcycles to be operated with both wheels on the roadway

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Section 1251 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
  adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:

    (E)  NO  PERSON  SHALL OPERATE A MOTORCYCLE ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY UNLESS
  BOTH WHEELS THEREOF REMAIN ON THE ROADWAY OR GROUND AT ALL TIMES, EXCEPT
  IN A CIRCUMSTANCE BEYOND THE OPERATOR'S CONTROL.
    S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.






   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01354-01-3