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- Substituted by A3262
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.739
- Referred to transportation
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Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles, when processing reports of accidents filed, to give priority to reports involving serious physical injury or death
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Michele Titus
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BILL NUMBER:S5066
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the processing of accident reports
Purpose
To provide more timely information about accident locations, thereby improving mitigation efforts at dangerous locations to prevent future accidents.
Summary provisions
The bill would add a new Section 606 to the Vehicle and Traffic Law, to require the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to give priority to the processing of reports of accidents involving serious physical injury or death.
Justification
Factors contributing to motor vehicle related deaths and injuries are generally broken into two categories, the factors that contribute to the actual cause of the accident, and those that contribute to the severity of the accident. According to testimony submitted at a recent Assembly joint hearing on "Preventing Deaths and-Injuries Caused by Reckless or Negligent Drivers," while human factors are the major causes of accidents, the severity of an accident can be attributed to factors such as speed, angle of collision, rigidity of the object impacted, the design of the roadside environment, the vehicle itself, and the location and action of the occupants.
Engineering and the design of the roadside environment can help to reduce both the probability and the severity of vehicle crashes. But one of the most important features of a preventive safety program is data that is timely, thereby allowing for the identification of high risk or problem areas and more rapid response to addressing factors at such locations.
This bill is intended to ensure that the data necessary for roadside accident mitigation efforts is available in a timelier manner by prioritizing the processing of accident reports involving serious physical injury or death. Having this data available more quickly after the occurrence of an accident will allow quicker response for making any necessary changes at accident locations to avoid or reduce the severity of potential future crashes.
Legislative history
S6837 of 2014
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
Unknown.
Effective date
90 days after enactment.
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