Senate Bill S4928

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects

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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-S4928 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14, Transp L; amd §361, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S3416
2015-2016: S184

2017-S4928 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a study of the performance of the state's roadways in reducing the risk of motor vehicles departing the travel lane and overturning, or colliding with fixed objects, or colliding with motorized or non-motorized vehicles or pedestrians, or leaving the roadway; further requires the commissioner of transportation and the thruway authority to submit a report to the governor and legislature and prohibits any data from the study to be used in certain court proceedings.

2017-S4928 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4928 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4928
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law and the public  authorities  law,
   in  relation  to the study and examination of the state's roadways and
   the thruway in reducing certain motor vehicle risks

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 14 of the transportation law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 36 to read as follows:
   36. TO STUDY AND EXAMINE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE  STATE'S  ROADWAYS  IN
 REDUCING  THE RISK OF MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTING THE TRAVEL LANE AND OVER-
 TURNING, OR COLLIDING WITH FIXED OBJECTS, OR COLLIDING WITH MOTORIZED OR
 NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS,  OR  LEAVING  THE  ROADWAY.  SUCH
 STUDY  AND EXAMINATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SEGMENTS OF
 THE STATE'S ROADWAYS WITH A HIGH NUMBER OF FATAL CRASHES,  AND  SEGMENTS
 OF  ROADWAY  WITH  HAZARDOUS FEATURES SUCH AS STEEP SLOPES, EMBANKMENTS,
 CLIFFS, DROP-OFFS OR DEEP BODIES OF WATER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT
 A REPORT ON LANE DEPARTURES, UTILIZING EXISTING DATA WHENEVER  POSSIBLE,
 BEGINNING  NO  LATER THAN AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND
 ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE  LEGISLATURE  WHICH  REPORT
 SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT  SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO: (A) THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF
 TRAVEL LANE DEPARTURE CRASHES ON THE STATE'S ROADWAYS INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, FIXED OBJECT, HEAD-ON, CROSS-OVER,  ROLLOVER  AND  SIDESWIPE
 CRASHES,  ROADWAY DEPARTURES, AND THOSE INVOLVING NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES
 AND PEDESTRIANS; (B) THE EXTENT TO WHICH  THE  DEPARTMENT  HAS  ANALYZED
 CRASH DATA AND IDENTIFIED AND CONSIDERED THE SAFETY NEEDS OF THE STATE'S
 ROADWAYS  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  HIGH-FATALITY  SEGMENTS  AND
 SEGMENTS WITH HAZARDOUS FEATURES  SUCH  AS  STEEP  SLOPES,  EMBANKMENTS,
 CLIFFS,  DROP-OFFS  OR  DEEP  BODIES  OF WATER; AND (C) THE MEASURES AND
 STRATEGIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN, OR PLANS TO UNDERTAKE, TO
 IMPROVE ROADWAY PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE THE RISK OF MOTOR VEHICLE  TRAVEL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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