Senate Bill S355

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes drivers to disobey a traffic-control device or signal, after exercising reasonable care, in order to yield the right of way to an authorized emergency vehicle

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S355 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1110, 1111, 1113, 1116 & 1144, add §1111-f, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7948
2015-2016: S1303
2019-2020: S4834
2021-2022: S3685
2023-2024: S1377

2017-S355 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes drivers to disobey a traffic-control device or signal, after exercising reasonable care, in order to yield the right of way to an authorized emergency vehicle.

2017-S355 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S355 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    355
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- 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  authorizing
   an  operator of a motor vehicle to disobey a traffic-control device or
   signal in the course of yielding the right of  way  to  an  authorized
   emergency vehicle
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1110 of the vehicle and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 1964, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) Every person shall obey the instructions of any official  traffic-
 control  device  applicable  to him OR HER placed in accordance with the
 provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by  a  traffic  or
 police officer, OR UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
 FORTY-FOUR  OF  THIS TITLE, subject to the exceptions granted the driver
 of an authorized emergency vehicle in this title.
   § 2. Paragraphs 1 and 3 of subdivision (d)  of  section  1111  of  the
 vehicle  and  traffic  law, paragraph 1 as amended by chapter 760 of the
 laws of 1974 and paragraph 3 as amended by chapter 356 of  the  laws  of
 1971  and  as renumbered by chapter 760 of the laws of 1974, are amended
 to read as follows:
   1. Traffic, except pedestrians, facing a steady circular  red  signal,
 unless  to make such other movement as is permitted by other indications
 shown at the same time, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if
 none, then shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side  of
 the  intersection,  or  in the event there is no crosswalk, at the point
 nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver  has  a  view  of  the
 approaching  traffic  on  the  intersecting  roadway before entering the
 intersection and shall remain standing until an indication to proceed is
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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