Bill Text: NY S05033 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires drivers to stop for pedestrians on sidewalks and in crosswalks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05033 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05033-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 5033                                                  A. 7233
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 29, 2015
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
         tion
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. PALUMBO -- read once and  referred
         to the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
         drivers to stop for pedestrians on sidewalks and in crosswalks
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 1151-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
    2  chapter 603 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 1151-a. Pedestrians' right of way on sidewalks.   The  driver  of  a
    4  vehicle emerging from or entering an alleyway, building, private road or
    5  driveway  shall  [yield  the  right  of  way to] STOP FOR any pedestrian
    6  approaching on any sidewalk extending  across  such  alleyway,  building
    7  entrance, road or driveway.
    8    S  2.  Subdivision (a) of section 1151 of the vehicle and traffic law,
    9  as amended by chapter 159 of the laws of 2002, is  amended  to  read  as
   10  follows:
   11    (a)  When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation
   12  the driver of a vehicle shall [yield the right of way, slowing  down  or
   13  stopping  if need be to so yield, to] STOP FOR a pedestrian crossing the
   14  roadway within a crosswalk on the roadway  upon  which  the  vehicle  is
   15  traveling,  except  that  any  pedestrian  crossing a roadway at a point
   16  where a pedestrian tunnel or overpass has been provided shall yield  the
   17  right of way to all vehicles.
   18    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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