Bill Text: NY S07879 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that no person shall operate a motor vehicle without having at least one hand or, in the case of a physically handicapped person, at least one prosthetic device or aid on the steering mechanism at all times when the motor vehicle is in motion, unless driving technology is engaged to perform the steering function.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-24 - referred to transportation [S07879 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07879-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7879 IN SENATE May 19, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- 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 control of steering mechanism The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1226 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by 2 chapter 506 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 1226. Control of steering mechanism. No person shall operate a motor 4 vehicle without having at least one hand or, in the case of a physically 5 handicapped person, at least one prosthetic device or aid on the steer- 6 ing mechanism at all times when the motor vehicle is in motion, unless 7 driving technology is engaged to perform the steering function. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10819-03-6
