STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1701 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 requiring all new motor vehicles sold in this state to be equipped with a blind spot monitoring device The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 379 to read as follows: 3 § 379. Blind spot monitoring device. 1. For purposes of this section, 4 the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 a. "blind spot monitoring device" shall mean a system of digital 6 cameras or other media recording devices fitted within the body or on 7 the exterior of a motor vehicle which is capable of monitoring all blind 8 spots associated with such motor vehicle and which generates a warning 9 to the operator of such motor vehicle, by means of a light, a buzzer or 10 both, when any object is detected in such blind spot; and 11 b. "blind spot" shall mean an area of the road that cannot be seen by 12 the operator of a motor vehicle while looking forward or through either 13 the rear-view or side mirrors. 14 2. Commencing with model year two thousand twenty-five and every model 15 year thereafter, every automobile sold in this state shall be equipped 16 with a blind spot monitoring device. The commissioner is hereby author- 17 ized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the 18 implementation of this section. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07058-01-9