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This bill expands the definition of "while such vehicle is in motion" to include times when a vehicle is stopped in traffic, at lights, or signs, for laws about mobile phone and electronic device use while driving.
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Ban Phones at Red Lights
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Ban Phones at Red Lights
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor John Liu
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3568
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the use of mobile phones and portable electronic devices while driving
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1225-c of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
(j) "While such vehicle is in motion" shall mean:
(i) any time a motor vehicle is moving;
(ii) any time a motor vehicle is stopped at a traffic light, stop sign, railroad crossing or any other traffic control device requiring a motor vehicle to stop; or
(iii) any time a motor vehicle is stopped because of heavy traffic congestion of a traffic jam.
§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1225-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
(e) "While such vehicle is in motion" shall mean:
(i) any time a motor vehicle is moving;
(ii) any time a motor vehicle is stopped at a traffic light, stop sign, railroad crossing or any other traffic control device requiring a motor vehicle to stop; or
(iii) any time a motor vehicle is stopped because of heavy traffic congestion of a traffic jam.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07076-01-9
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