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- Print number 5402a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
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- Referred to transportation
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Relates to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of transportation with information regarding motor vehicle accidents within such city
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Kevin Cahill
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Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of transportation with information regarding motor vehicle accidents within such city
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of the bill is to require all insurance companies to provide the New York city department of transportation with insurance statistic and other information relating to all motor vehicle accidents occurring on streets and highways within the city of New York.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section 607 that will require any insurance company which receives an accident report pursuant to this chapter, in a city having a population of one million or more, to provide the department of transportation with statistics and other relevant information related to motor vehicle accidents occurring with such city.
Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
Justification
The New York city department of transportation ("DOT") currently bases its assessment of traffic control needs upon the standards as set forth by the federal government. As part of this analysis the DOT relies upon statistics received from the New York Police Department ("NYPD") regarding the number traffic accidents at any given inter- section. Given that there continue to be numerous intersections in obvious need of traffic controls, which have been found by DOT to not require any control, it is overly apparent that the use of these NYPD statistics alone is insufficient. Therefore, it would seem reasonable to require motor vehicle insurance companies to report statistics of accidents occurring upon city streets and highways to DOT. In this way DOT will have access to additional, verifiable, information regarding the number of accidents occurring at any given intersection within the city.
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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