Found some odd bills being circulated around the NY State Assembly:
First one:
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT in relation to prohibiting certain trucks from operating upon a
certain portion of the Bronx River Parkway
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of general, special or
2 local law, rule or regulation to the contrary, it shall be unlawful to
3 operate any open pickup truck on the historic ten and one-half mile
4 section of the Bronx River Parkway, beginning in the city of Yonkers and
5 the village of Bronxville where such Parkway diverges from the Sprain
6 Brook Parkway and extends north along the Bronx River Parkway Reserva-
7 tion to the Kenisco Dam Plaza in the hamlet of Valhalla, town of Mt.
8 Pleasant.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Second one:
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to acting as a
supervising driver while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Abbagail's
2 Law".
3 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
4 1192-b to read as follows:
5 § 1192-b. Supervising a driver while under the influence of alcohol
6 and/or drugs. 1. No person shall act as a supervising driver pursuant to
7 section five hundred one or five hundred one-b of this chapter if such
8 person would be in violation of subdivision one, two, three, four or
9 four-a of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article if he or she
10 were operating the vehicle.
11 Supervising a driver while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs
12 shall be a class A misdemeanor.
13 2. Aggravated supervising a driver while under the influence of alco-
14 hol and/or drugs. No person shall act as a supervising driver pursuant
15 to section five hundred one or five hundred one-b of this chapter if
16 such person would be in violation of subdivision two-a of section eleven
17 hundred ninety-two of this article if he or she were operating the vehi-
18 cle.
19 Aggravated supervising a driver while under the influence of alcohol
20 and/or drugs shall be a class E felony.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
Third:
anuary 30, 2017
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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 requiring
all new motor vehicles sold in this state to be equipped with a blind
spot monitoring device
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 379 to read as follows:
3 § 379. Blind spot monitoring device. 1. For purposes of this section,
4 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
5 a. "blind spot monitoring device" shall mean a system of digital
6 cameras or other media recording devices fitted within the body or on
7 the exterior of a motor vehicle which is capable of monitoring all blind
8 spots associated with such motor vehicle and which generates a warning
9 to the operator of such motor vehicle, by means of a light, a buzzer or
10 both, when any object is detected in such blind spot; and
11 b. "blind spot" shall mean an area of the road that cannot be seen by
12 the operator of a motor vehicle while looking forward or through either
13 the rear-view or side mirrors.
14 2. Commencing with model year two thousand nineteen and every model
15 year thereafter, every automobile sold in this state shall be equipped
16 with a blind spot monitoring device. The commissioner is hereby author-
17 ized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the
18 implementation of this section.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
This is meant to be a light-hearted thread. Don't get too serious.
A blind spot monitor is a necessity, especially if a car ever encounters people on foot or on bike. Getting "doored" is a pretty common occurrence in cities with parallel parking and bicycle lanes that aren't given protected status, and can lead to serious or fatal injury.
Quote from: Bruce on March 03, 2018, 08:02:38 PM
A blind spot monitor is a necessity, especially if a car ever encounters people on foot or on bike. Getting "doored" is a pretty common occurrence in cities with parallel parking and bicycle lanes that aren't given protected status, and can lead to serious or fatal injury.
Not all blind spot monitors work that way.
Why would a pickup truck be prohibited from the Bronx River Parkway? Around here, they are normal passenger vehicles and you're as likely to see someone driving a pickup as a sedan.
Quote from: hbelkins on March 03, 2018, 09:39:30 PM
Why would a pickup truck be prohibited from the Bronx River Parkway? Around here, they are normal passenger vehicles and you're as likely to see someone driving a pickup as a sedan.
It says any OPEN pickup truck, so I guess if the bed is covered its OK. Might be that because the BRP is narrow if something flies out of a pickup there's nowhere for the following vehicle to swerve to avoid it.
But, But, But. I already have multiple blind spot monitoring devices: Side view mirrors, a rear view mirror, 2 eyeballs and a neck that allows my head to turn to look. I don't need no stinking electronic nannies to do my job for me, lol.
In all seriousness, though, they wouldn't help in Bruce's example anyway. I haven't seen any that work without the vehicle in gear and ready to roll-and for sure none of them work with the vehicle turned off.
What all vehicles do need, are the same back up alarms that trucks have, to warn pedestrians you are getting ready to back up so steer clear. Because, no matter how much you try to see and avoid everyone, there is always that one moron walking with his eyes glued to his phone/book/Kindle walking oblivious to everything around him, as well as the moron who will just slam it in reverse and zoom back without checking anything. At least the alarm would give peds a fighting chance to survive the encounter.
Quote from: slorydn1 on March 04, 2018, 07:51:44 AM
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What all vehicles do need, are the same back up alarms
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there is always that one moron walking with his eyes glued to his phone/book/Kindle walking oblivious to everything around him,
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Eh, he's probably got his ear buds in too, so he won't hear the backup alarm.
Quote from: Bruce on March 03, 2018, 08:02:38 PM
A blind spot monitor is a necessity, especially if a car ever encounters people on foot or on bike. Getting "doored" is a pretty common occurrence in cities with parallel parking and bicycle lanes that aren't given protected status, and can lead to serious or fatal injury.
A bicyclist will bike thru the blind spot area in a second. The system wouldn't have time to activate and the person opening the door wouldn't have time to react if they had already started to open the door. And, as said, it won't work on cars that have been turned off, which is nearly everyone who is opening their door.