Bill Text: NY A02968 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2968 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires stops and stop signs at the exits of parking garages in cities with a population of one million or more; provides that the failure to erect the signs is not grounds for a cause of action for negligence, nor a defense to such an action.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A02968 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02968-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2968
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to stopping at
         the exits of parking garages  in  cities  with  a  population  of  one
         million or more
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1173 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended  by
    2  chapter 603 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S 1173. Emerging  from  alley, driveway, private road or building.  1.
    4  The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway,  private  road
    5  or  building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a
    6  sidewalk extending across  any  alleyway,  building  entrance,  road  or
    7  driveway,  or in the event there is no sidewalk, shall stop at the point
    8  nearest the roadway to be  entered  where  the  driver  has  a  view  of
    9  approaching traffic thereon.
   10    2.  (A)  IN  ANY  CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE
   11  DRIVER OF A VEHICLE EMERGING FROM A PARKING GARAGE SHALL STOP SUCH VEHI-
   12  CLE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO DRIVING ONTO A SIDEWALK  EXTENDING  ACROSS  ANY
   13  EXIT  FROM  SUCH  PARKING  GARAGE, OR IN THE EVENT THERE IS NO SIDEWALK,
   14  SHALL STOP AT THE POINT NEAREST THE ROADWAY  TO  BE  ENTERED  WHERE  THE
   15  DRIVER HAS A VIEW OF APPROACHING TRAFFIC THEREON.
   16    (B)  IN  ALL  CITIES  HAVING  A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE
   17  LOCAL AUTHORITIES SHALL ERECT, OR CAUSE TO BE ERECTED, APPROPRIATE SIGNS
   18  REQUIRING STOPPING AT ALL EXITS OF ALL PARKING GARAGES. THE  FAILURE  TO
   19  ERECT,  OR  THE ERECTION OF OR FAILURE TO REPLACE OR MAINTAIN SUCH SIGNS
   20  SHALL NOT BE A BASIS FOR ANY ACTION OF NEGLIGENCE AGAINST SUCH A CITY OR
   21  THE STATE NOR A BASIS OF A DEFENSE BY ANY OPERATOR OR OWNER OF  A  MOTOR
   22  VEHICLE  IN  AN ACTION BASED ON NEGLIGENCE AGAINST ANY OPERATOR OR OWNER
   23  OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03101-01-1
       A. 2968                             2
    1    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    2  it shall have become a law; provided that the local authorities  of  any
    3  city  having  a  population  of  one  million  or more are authorized to
    4  promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures
    5  necessary  to implement this act on its effective date on or before such
    6  date.