What's happening
This bill suspends vehicle registration for repeat red light camera violations within specific timeframes, with escalating suspension periods for more offenses.
Why it matters
Targets chronic red light violators. By suspending vehicle registrations after repeated violations captured by cameras, the law aims to deter habitual offenders who pose a higher risk to public safety.
Escalating penalties for repeat offenses. The suspension periods increase with the number of violations over longer timeframes (15, 30, then 90 days), signaling a shift to harsher consequences for ongoing disregard of traffic signals.
Provides warnings before suspension. Owners receive official, certified mail alerts after reaching certain thresholds (4th, 7th, and 10th violations), ensuring they have advance notice before their registration is suspended.
Exempts rental vehicles. The law specifically excludes rental vehicles, focusing enforcement and penalties on private vehicle owners who are more likely to be responsible for repeated infractions.
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Suspend Repeat Traffic Offenders
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 44
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Suspend Repeat Red Light Cars
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Zellnor Myrie
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3414
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, DICKENS, MOSLEY, RIVERA, D'URSO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspending the registration of a vehicle which has been documented multiple times by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications
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 1118 to read as follows:
§ 1118. Failure to comply with traffic control signal. (a) The registration of a vehicle which has been documented six times within a twelve month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications shall be suspended for a period of fifteen days commencing ten days after the notice of liability for the sixth violation has been mailed.
(b) The registration of a vehicle which has been documented nine times within a twenty-four month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications shall be suspended for a period of thirty days commencing ten days after the notice of liability for the ninth violation has been mailed.
(c) The registration of a vehicle which has been documented twelve times within a thirty-six month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications shall be suspended for a period of ninety days commencing ten days after the notice of liability for the twelfth violation has been mailed.
(d) This section shall not apply to a rental vehicle, as defined in section one hundred thirty-seven-a of this chapter.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(e) The department shall, by certified mail, alert the owner of a registered vehicle after the vehicles fourth documentation in twelve months, seventh documentation in twenty-four months, and tenth documentation in thirty-six months by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications that such vehicle shall be suspended after two more documentations.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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