 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2354
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 22, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the  offense
          of aggressive driving
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1212-a to read as follows:
     3    § 1212-a. Aggressive driving. A person is guilty of aggressive driving
     4  when:
     5    (a)  He or she recklessly operates a motor vehicle on a public highway
     6  in a manner that creates a substantial risk of serious  physical  injury
     7  to another person; or
     8    (b)  He  or  she  operates  a  motor vehicle on a public highway while
     9  displaying a deadly weapon,  dangerous  instrument  or  what  reasonably
    10  appears  to  be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other
    11  firearm in such a manner to place another person in reasonable  fear  of
    12  death or serious physical injury; or
    13    (c)  He  or she operates a motor vehicle on a public highway in such a
    14  manner to place another person in reasonable fear of  death  or  serious
    15  physical injury.
    16    Aggressive driving is a misdemeanor.
    17    § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1122 of the vehicle and traffic law is
    18  amended to read as follows:
    19    (b)  Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the
    20  driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in  favor  of
    21  the  overtaking  vehicle  [on audible signal] and shall not increase the
    22  speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking  vehicle.
    23  Any  person  deliberately  increasing the speed of his or her vehicle in
    24  violation of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    26  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00743-01-9
Relates to the offense of aggressive driving

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