What's happening
This bill removes time restrictions on speed cameras in New York City school zones and makes their use permanent.
Why it matters
Expanding speed camera enforcement to all hours. means drivers can now be fined for speeding in school zones at any time, not just during specific school-related periods—potentially reducing speeding and accidents at all times, but also raising concerns about fairness and proportionality.
Making the speed camera program permanent. removes the possibility that it could expire or require renewal, signaling a long-term commitment to automated enforcement and potentially changing how drivers approach speed limits in school zones for years to come.
Broader use of cameras could lead to more tickets and increased revenue. for the city, which might be used for road safety or other municipal purposes, but could also be viewed as a regressive measure affecting lower-income drivers disproportionately.
The law still requires the city to consider safety data (like crash history and roadway design) when choosing where to place cameras. , which aims to ensure that enforcement is focused on genuinely dangerous locations rather than being used indiscriminately.
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Remove School Zone Camera Limits
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6446
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating the time of day restrictions on the use of photo speed violation monitoring systems in school zones in the city of New York; and to amend chapter 189 of the laws of 2013 amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establishing in a city with a population of one million or more a demonstration program implementing speed violation monitoring systems in school speed zones by means of photo devices, in relation to eliminating the expiration and repeal of the provisions thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 43 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of New York is hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone within the city (i) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (ii) when other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article [during the following times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activities]. Such demonstration program shall empower the city to install photo speed violation monitoring systems within no more than one hundred forty school speed zones within the city at any
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one time and to operate such systems within such zones (iii) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv) when other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article [during the following times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activities]. In selecting a school speed zone in which to install and operate a photo speed violation monitoring system, the city shall consider criteria including, but not limited to the speed data, crash history, and the roadway geometry applicable to such school speed zone.
§ 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of New York is hereby authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with posted maximum speed limits in a school speed zone within the city (i) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (ii) when other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article [during the following times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activities]. Such demonstration program shall empower the city to install photo speed violation monitoring systems within no more than twenty school speed zones within the city at any one time and to operate such systems within such zones (iii) when a school speed limit is in effect as provided in paragraphs one and two of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article or (iv) when other speed limits are in effect as provided in subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article [during the following times: (A) on school days during school hours and one hour before and one hour after the school day, and (B) a period during student activities at the school and up to thirty minutes immediately before and up to thirty minutes immediately after such student activities]. In selecting a school speed zone in which to install and operate a photo speed violation monitoring system, the city shall consider criteria including, but not limited to the speed data, crash history, and the roadway geometry applicable to such school speed zone.
§ 3. Subdivision (b) of section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(b) If the city of New York establishes a demonstration program pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, the owner of a vehicle shall be liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this section if such vehicle was used or operated with the permission of the owner, express or implied, within a school speed zone in violation of subdivision (c) [or during the times authorized pursuant to subdivision (a)] of this section in violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article, such vehicle was traveling at a speed of more than ten miles per hour above the posted speed limit in effect
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within such school speed zone, and such violation is evidenced by information obtained from a photo speed violation monitoring system; provided however that no owner of a vehicle shall be liable for a penalty imposed pursuant to this section where the operator of such vehicle has been convicted of the underlying violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this article.
§ 4. The opening paragraph of section 15 of chapter 189 of the laws of 2013 amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public officers law relating to establishing in a city with a population of one million or more a demonstration program implementing speed violation monitoring systems in school speed zones by means of photo devices is amended to read as follows:
§ 15. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law [and shall expire 5 years after such effective date when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed]; [and] provided [further] that any rules necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such effective date, provided further that:
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately, except that sections one and three of this act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law; provided that the amendments to paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1180-b of the vehicle and traffic law, made by section one of this act, shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 12 of chapter 43 of the laws of 2014, as amended, when upon such date section two of this act shall take effect.
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