What's happening
This bill exempts emergency ambulance service vehicles from New York's prohibition on tinted automobile windows.
Why it matters
Improved Privacy and Security for Patients. Allowing ambulance windows to be tinted can better protect the privacy of patients being transported, shielding them from public view during emergencies or medical distress.
Enhanced Protection for Emergency Personnel. Tinted windows can reduce glare and exposure to sunlight for ambulance staff, which may help them focus and perform more effectively, especially during long shifts or in high-stress scenarios.
Alignment with Other Emergency Vehicles. This exemption recognizes the unique operational needs of ambulances, similar to other emergency vehicles that may already have such allowances, ensuring consistent standards across emergency response fleets.
Potential Impact on Law Enforcement Interactions. Exempting ambulances from tint laws clarifies their status during traffic stops or inspections, reducing confusion and ensuring emergency vehicles are not unnecessarily delayed due to window tint regulations.
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Allow Ambulance Window Tinting
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- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Allow Tinted Ambulance Windows
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Toby Ann Stavisky
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STATE OF NEW YORK
848
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. D. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an exemption to the prohibition on tinted windows in automobiles for emergency ambulance service vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 12-a of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
(g) All emergency ambulance service vehicles, as defined in section one hundred fifteen-c of this chapter, shall be exempt from the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01025-01-9
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