Bill Text: NY S06675 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes the failure to pass act restricting driving in a passing lane without overtaking or passing a vehicle and sets penalties for violations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06675 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06675-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6675--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE August 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to restricting driving in a passing lane without overtaking or passing a vehicle The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "failure to 2 pass act". 3 § 2. Section 1122 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding 4 a new subdivision (c) to read as follows: 5 (c) When driving on an interstate highway, no motor vehicle shall 6 drive for more than one and one-half miles in a passing lane if such 7 vehicle is not overtaking or passing a vehicle pursuant to this section. 8 Notwithstanding 15 NYCRR Part 131 or any other law, rule, or regulation 9 to the contrary, a violation of this subdivision shall not constitute a 10 lane violation in accordance with the regulatory authority of the 11 commissioner. A violation of this subdivision shall be punishable by a 12 fine of fifty dollars for the first offense and by a fine of one hundred 13 dollars for each subsequent offense. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13676-02-9