Bill Text: NY S08383 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires automobiles sold in this state with model year 2024 and thereafter to be equipped with a blind spot monitoring device.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-11 - PRINT NUMBER 8383A [S08383 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08383-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8383--A
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 4, 2018
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        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- 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 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-four 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.
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