New York A 5259: Relates to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle or vehicle displaying a blue or green light

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A05259 Summary:

BILL NOA05259 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00311

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SPONSORTague

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1144-a & 510, V & T L

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Relates to the operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle or vehicle displaying a blue or green light; provides for mandatory revocation of a driver's license for a period of six months where a person violates section 1144-a of the vehicle and traffic law and causes serious physical injury or death to another person; directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a public information campaign to instruct the public that operating a motor vehicle when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle or vehicle displaying a blue or green light that results in physical injury, serious physical injury or death as a result of the operator recklessly failing to exercise due care to avoid a collision can result in serious criminal penalties.

Go to top A05259 Actions:

BILL NOA05259 

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02/12/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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Go to topA05259 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5259

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the opera-
 tion of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing
 authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle or vehicle displaying a
 blue or green light

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1144-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended
 2 by chapter 517 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 1144-a. Operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or
 4 standing authorized emergency vehicle, hazard vehicle, vehicle display-
 5 ing a blue or green light or certain other motor vehicles. (a) 1. Every
 6 operator of a motor vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding
 7 with an authorized emergency vehicle which is parked, stopped or stand-
 8 ing on the shoulder or any portion of such highway and such authorized
 9 emergency vehicle is displaying one or more red or combination red and
 10 white lights pursuant to the provisions of paragraph two of subdivision
 11 forty-one of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter or is
 12 displaying one or more blue, combination blue and red or combination
 13 blue, red and white lights pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph b
 14 of paragraph four of subdivision forty-one of section three hundred
 15 seventy-five of this chapter. For operators of motor vehicles on park-
 16 ways or controlled access highways, such due care shall include, but not
 17 be limited to, moving from a lane which contains or is immediately adja-
 18 cent to the shoulder where such authorized emergency vehicle displaying
 19 one or more red, blue or white or any combination of red and white
 20 lights or blue or combination blue and red or combination blue, red and
 21 white lights pursuant to the provisions of paragraph two or subparagraph
 22 b of paragraph four, as applicable of subdivision forty-one of section
 23 three hundred seventy-five of this chapter is parked, stopped or stand-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01173-01-5

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 1 ing to another lane, provided that such movement otherwise complies with
 2 the requirements of this chapter including, but not limited to, the
 3 provisions of sections eleven hundred ten of this title and eleven
 4 hundred twenty-eight of this title.
 5 [(b)] 2. Every operator of a motor vehicle shall exercise due care to
 6 avoid colliding with a hazard vehicle which is parked, stopped or stand-
 7 ing on the shoulder or on any portion of such highway and such hazard
 8 vehicle is displaying one or more amber lights pursuant to the
 9 provisions of parag