Permits motor vehicles on a certain segment of public roads

BILL NUMBER:S7945

Title of bill

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permitting certain motor vehicles on a certain segment of public roads

Purpose

This bill would permit tandem trailers to travel from exit 49 of the New York state thruway for approximately .5 miles to their shipping and receiving location.

Summary of provisions

Section 1 amends subdivision 16 of section 365 of the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new paragraph (v) permitting tandem trailers to travel along a designated route of approximately .5 miles from exit 49 of the New York state thruway to a designated shipping and receiving location. This bill requires the commissioner of transportation to determine that the tandem trailers could operate safely along the designated route and that no other applicable laws prohibit the operation of the tandem trailers on such route.

Section 2 states that this act shall take effect immediately

Existing law

Section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law states maximum dimensions and weight restrictions for vehicles on public roads. Subdivision 16 of this section, however, allows for the possibility of exempting a designated route from these requirements. The vehicles on this route must be travelling to or from the New York state thruway, and they must also meet the maximum dimensions and weight restrictions for the New York state thruway. There are currently 22 such exemptions under Subdivision 16.

Justification

This bill allows for tandem trailers, already in compliance with New York state thruway maximum dimensions and weight restrictions, to legally exit the thruway and travel to a designated shipping and receiving location approximately .5 miles from exit 49 of the New York state thruway. Under current law, tandem trailers may travel on the thruway, but may not exit the thruway to their shipping and receiving location approximately .5 miles away.

Subdivision 16 of Section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law recognizes this potential problem by allowing for possible exemptions for those motor vehicles travelling to and from the New York state thruway. This bill simply adds another designated route to that current list of 22 exemptions. Furthermore, this bill requires the commissioner of transportation to determine that the tandem trailers could operate safely along the designated route and that no other applicable laws prohibit the operation of the tandem trailers on such route.

Legislative history

New bill.

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately.