Bill Text: NY A08510 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to adding an explanation of the safety benefits of using the "dutch reach" to the driver's manual.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A08510 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08510-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8510

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  adding  an
          explanation  of  the safety benefits of using the "dutch reach" to the
          driver's manual

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. Application for learner's permit. An application  for  a  learner's
     5  permit  shall  be included in the application for a license. A learner's
     6  permit shall be issued in such form as the commissioner shall  determine
     7  but shall not be issued unless the applicant has successfully passed the
     8  vision test required by this section and the test set forth in paragraph
     9  (a) of subdivision four of this section with respect to laws relating to
    10  traffic and ability to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols and
    11  has  satisfactorily  completed any course required pursuant to paragraph
    12  (a) of subdivision four of this section. Upon acceptance of an  applica-
    13  tion for a learner's permit the commissioner shall provide the applicant
    14  with  a  driver's  manual  which includes but is not limited to the laws
    15  relating to traffic, the laws relating to and physiological  effects  of
    16  driving  while  ability  impaired and driving while intoxicated, the law
    17  for exercising due care to avoid colliding with  a  parked,  stopped  or
    18  standing vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
    19  chapter,  explanations  of  traffic signs and symbols, an explanation of
    20  the safety benefits of opening a door from within  a  motor  vehicle  by
    21  first  checking the rear-view mirror, next checking the side-mirror, and
    22  finally using the hand furthest from the door to open such door, thereby
    23  forcing one's body to turn and more easily spot an approaching  cyclist,
    24  and such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13582-01-9
        A. 8510                             2

     1    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     2  have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
     3  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
     4  of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
     5  completed on or before such effective date.