New York S 9312: Establishes temporary reduced speeds on the New York state thruway in certain weather conditions and requires instruction in winter weather conditions safety as part of the drivers pre-licensing course

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S09312 Summary:

BILL NOS09312 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBORRELLO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1183, amd §502, V & T L; add §361-e, Pub Auth L

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Establishes a temporary reduced speed limit of forty-five miles per hour on the New York state thruway in certain winter weather conditions; creates penalties for violating such reduced speed limit; requires instruction in winter weather conditions safety as part of the drivers pre-licensing course.

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02/27/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9312

 IN SENATE

 February 27, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 and the public authorities
 law, in relation to establishing temporary reduced speeds on the New
 York state thruway in certain weather conditions and requiring
 instruction in winter weather conditions safety as part of the drivers
 pre-licensing course

 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 1183 to read as follows:
 3 § 1183. Temporary reduced speed limit in winter weather conditions. 1.
 4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the New York state thruway
 5 authority shall establish a temporary reduced maximum speed limit of
 6 forty-five miles per hour on The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway (here-
 7 inafter the "thruway"), as defined by section three hundred fifty-six of
 8 the public authorities law, in the event that:
 9 (a) snow and ice accumulation on the thruway reaches or exceeds three
 10 inches and such accumulation has not been fully cleared by snow and ice
 11 removal operations; or
 12 (b) the New York state thruway authority, in consultation with the
 13 department of transportation, determines that weather or thruway condi-
 14 tions are unsafe at the prescribed speed limit of sixty-five miles per
 15 hour, but such weather or thruway conditions do not warrant a full
 16 closure of the thruway.
 17 2. Such temporary reduced maximum speed limit shall remain in effect
 18 until:
 19 (a) snow and ice removal operations have cleared the thruway to safe
 20 conditions; and
 21 (b) the New York state thruway authority and the department of trans-
 22 portation jointly certify that safe conditions have been restored and
 23 the maximum speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour can be reinstated.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14668-01-6

 S. 9312 2

 1 3. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of two
 2 hundred fifty dollars and a penalty in the form of four points against
 3 such violator's driving record.
 4 4. The penalties provided by subdivision three of this section shall
 5 apply in addition to any penalties imposed for reckless driving or the
 6 failure to comply with traffic-control indications in accordance with
 7 title seven of this chapter.
 8 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 9 361-e to read as follows:
 10 § 361-e. Temporary reduced speed notifications. The authority shall
 11 transmit temporary reduced speed limit notifications to operators of
 12 motor vehicles on the thruway in accordance with the provisions of
 13 section eleven hundred eighty-three of the vehicle and traffic law. Such
 14 notifications shall be provided through:
 15 1. variable message signs;
 16 2. the authority's website and mobile application;
 17 3. department traveler advisory systems; and
 18 4. local government alert systems for residents affected by the tempo-
 19 rary reduced speed limit.
 20 § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraphs (b) and (d) of
 21 subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, subpara-
 22 graph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 379
 23 of the laws of 2022 an