BILL NUMBER: S451
SPONSOR: GIANARIS
 
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:
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.
 
EXISTING LAW: Click here
 
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:
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:
None
 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
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EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.