What's happening
This bill requires cities and counties with red light cameras to install signs at each monitored intersection alerting motorists to their presence.
Why it matters
Increases transparency and public awareness. by requiring clear signage at intersections with red light cameras, potentially reducing the number of motorists caught off-guard by automated enforcement.
May influence driver behavior. , as advance notice of camera enforcement can encourage more motorists to comply with traffic signals, potentially improving intersection safety.
Standardizes signage across jurisdictions. by mandating that warning signs adhere to the state’s uniform traffic control device regulations, ensuring consistency and clarity for drivers statewide.
Impacts the fairness of enforcement. by addressing concerns that red light cameras are sometimes used primarily for revenue generation rather than safety, giving drivers a fair warning and potentially reducing disputes over tickets.
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Require Red Light Camera Signs
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1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1661
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring signage alerting motorists of red light cameras; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1111-f to read as follows:
§ 1111-f. Red light camera signage required. Any city or county operating a demonstration program that imposes monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for the failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications in such city or county pursuant to this article shall install and maintain signage in each direction of every intersection where a traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring device is in operation. Such signage shall advise that a traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring device is operating at such intersection, and shall be in accordance with the state manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices as provided in section sixteen hundred eighty of this chapter. For the purposes of this section, the term "traffic-control signal photo violation-monitoring device" shall mean a vehicle sensor installed to work in conjunction with a traffic-control signal which automatically produces two or more photographs, two or more microphotographs, a videotape or other recorded images of each vehicle at the time it is used or operated in violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this article.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law and shall expire December 1, 2021 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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LBD04888-01-9
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