Provides an exception to the requirement that no person shall permit a vehicle to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, if a remote car starter is being used while away from the vehicle to engage the vehicle's climate controls.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6759
SPONSOR: Lunsford TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to rules
regarding unattended motor vehicles
PURPOSE:
This bill permits the use of remote car starters".
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Section 1210(a) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, as
amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 1967, to allow for these of remote
car starters.
Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Since 1967, it has been a violation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law for
New Yorkers to leave a running car unintended. This law was written
prior to the invention of remote car starters which allow for a vehicle
to remain running without a key in the ignition while also remaining
locked, removing the threat of theft or accident that the original law
was intended to address. This bill will allow for a limited exception to
the rule against unattended running cars for the sole purpose of using a
remote care starter to engage that vehicle's climate control system.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6759
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 8, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to rules
regarding unattended motor vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1210 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 (a) No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it
5 to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the
6 ignition, removing the key from the vehicle, and effectively setting the
7 brake thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front
8 wheels to the curb or side of the highway, provided, however, the
9 provision for removing the key from the vehicle shall not require the
10 removal of keys hidden from sight about the vehicle for convenience or
11 emergency. There shall be an exception from the requirement of stopping
12 the engine when a person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle is
13 allowing such vehicle to stand unattended if such person is using a
14 remote car starter to turn the engine on while away from the vehicle for
15 the purposes of engaging such vehicle's climate controls.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10151-02-3
