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- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Prohibits the use of mobile telephones to text message while driving
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Fred Thiele
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Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the use of mobile telephones to text message while driving
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to make New York State roads and highways safer by insuring that individuals are not distracted while driving because they are in the process of composing and sending text messages.
Summary of provisions
Amends section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law by prohibiting any individual from composing and/or sending text messages while operating a motor vehicle on any public street or public highway within the State of New York.
There shall be a rebuttable presumption that anyone seen dialing a cellular telephone while operating a motor vehicle on public roads within the State of New York, is in the process of composing and/or sending a text message.
Legislative history
S.5527 2007-2008.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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