What's happening
This bill requires a 60-day driver's license suspension for anyone convicted of two school zone speed limit violations within 18 months.
Why it matters
Targets repeat offenders. By mandating a 60-day license suspension for anyone convicted of two school zone speeding violations within 18 months, the law aims to deter habitual disregard for speed limits in areas where children are especially vulnerable.
Promotes child pedestrian safety. School zones are high-risk areas for children crossing streets. Stricter penalties may reduce dangerous driving behavior, helping prevent accidents and injuries involving young pedestrians.
Signals a policy shift toward stricter enforcement. This measure elevates the consequences for repeat violations, reflecting a broader trend toward using license suspensions as a deterrent rather than relying solely on fines or points.
Could impact daily life and employment. Losing driving privileges for 60 days may significantly affect individuals’ ability to commute, work, or fulfill family obligations, underscoring the importance of compliance with school zone speed limits.
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Suspend Licenses for Repeat Speeders
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History
- Referred to transportation
- Committed to rules
- Amended on third reading (t) 3222b
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1074
- Amend by restoring to original print 3222
- Print number 3222a
- Amend (t) and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Suspend Repeat School Speeders
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Deborah Glick
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3222--B Cal. No. 1074
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 4, 2019
Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person convicted of two violations of school zone speed limits within eighteen months
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xviii) to read as follows:
(xviii) for a period of sixty days where the holder is convicted of two violations, committed within a period of eighteen months, of subdivision (c) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding 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.
LBD05670-05-9
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Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring the suspension of the license to operate a motor vehicle of any person convicted of two violations of school zone speed limits within eighteen months
Purpose of bill
Requires a 60 day license suspension for any driver convicted of 2 speeding violations within a school zone, committed within an 18 month period of time
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends Paragraph (b) of Subdivision 2 of Section 510 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a new Subparagraph 18, mandating the suspension of a license to operate a motor vehicle when a license holder accumulates two speeding offenses within a school zone, within a period of eighteen months.
Section 2 establishes the effective date.
Justification
In New York City alone, more than one million children travel to public schools every day. According to statistics from the New York City Department of Transportation, more than 1,000 children under the age of 17 were involved in motor vehicle crashes in 2015, with two hundred of those incidents resulting in serious injuries. In 2015, nine children were killed. In fact, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of injury deaths in the City for children ages 5-14, and speeding is the driver action responsible for most of these fatalities. Expanded across New York State, these statistics only grow worse in numbers.
Unique from older adults, children between the ages of 0-14 are five times more likely to die if they are struck by a car traveling at 35 miles per hour versus a vehicle traveling at 25 miles per hour. Posted speed limit reductions within school zones exist to counter this very reality. The problem of speeding in school zones is also a real one, with the New York City Department of Transportation determining in 2013 that at over 100 schools surveyed, drivers exceeded speed limits between 75%-100% of the time within a quarter-mile of school buildings. At 306 schools surveyed, drivers were observed speeding between 25% and 75% of the time.
Increasing penalties upon drivers who chose to ignore reduced speed limits within school zones is a commonsense approach to decreasing the statistics behind this epidemic. This legislation seeks to establish the compulsory suspension of a driver's license for a period of sixty days when a driver is convicted of two speeding violations within a school zone, over an eighteen month period. Given the gravity of the situation at hand, this is only a first step in reducing pedestrian accidents involving children.
Prior legislative history
S.8198A (2015-16)
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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