Suspends the registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times within a twelve month period by a photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indications for a period of six months.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A975
SPONSOR: Magnarelli TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspending
the registration of a vehicle which has been documented five times by a
photo violation monitoring device for failure of an operator thereof to
comply with traffic-control indications
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To suspend the registration of persistent offenders of traffic cameras.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 - The vehicle law and traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 1118 to suspend the registration for those who have been cited 5
times in a 12-month period by traffic photo violation monitoring
devices.
Section 2 sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill aims to get dangerous drivers off the road. A vehicle's regis-
tration will be suspended after a fifth traffic violation has been
photographed by a traffic monitoring device within a twelve-month peri-
od. Currently, there these violations are treated like parking tickets,
despite being of an altogether different nature. Statistics have shown
that while it is not uncommon for drivers to incur a single photo
violation, there are some unsafe drivers putting lives in danger by
habitually being cited by these cameras. This bill will attempt to get
these drivers off the road and make our streets safer.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024: A.7621/S.451
2022: Died in Transportation
2021: Died in Transportation
2020: Died in Transportation/Died in Transportation (Assembly)
2019: Died in Transportation/Died in Transportation (Assembly)
2018: Died in Transportation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.
