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History
- Referred to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
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Relates to residential wireless telephone service
In Assembly Committee · Consumer Affairs And Protection · Sponsor Daniel O'Donnell
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1480
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to radar and laser blocking devices
Purpose
This legislation prohibits the use of radar and laser blocking devices in all motor vehicles.
Summary of provisions
The Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL) is amended by adding a new section 134-d to define radar or laser blocking device as any instrument designed to block or jam, by either mechanical or electrical means any radar or laser device used by a police officer to monitor vehicular speed.
Section 397-a of the VTL is amended to prohibit such devices.
Justification
Radar and laser blocking devices are marketed as a means to make your car electronically "invisible" to speed traps. The device is sold for the sole purpose of evading police speed-detecting equipment. Speeding tickets were handed out at a record pace last year in New York State and the affects of excess speed are sobering when you look at accident reports and Newspaper stories of lives lost.
New York State should join California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Virginia, Nebraska and Washington D.0 all who have outlawed the use of radar and laser devices used to avoid detection by law enforcement agencies.
Legislative history
S.6934-A of 2008 (Passed Senate). S.575 of 2009-10. S.957 of 2011/12 (Passed Senate).
Fiscal implications
None.
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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