BILL NUMBER: S446
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
certain mandatory license revocation for certain traffic infractions by
drivers
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The bill will revoke the driving privileges of those who repeatedly
exhibit hazardous driving behavior and will keep New York streets safer
from dangerous drivers.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill amends Section 510 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) that requires the revocation of a
person's driving privileges if such person is found to have committed or
violated any combination of three of the prescribe d dangerous driving
offenses within a 12 month period. The driving privileges must be
entirely revoked for at least one year and the offenses are: disobeying
a traffic control device, speeding more than ten mph over the speed
limit, participating in a race or unauthorized speed contest, overtaking
a school bus, reckless driving, violating the Right of Way Law, and
operating a motor vehicle while using a cell phone or portable electron-
ic device.
Section two of the bill provides that this act shall take effect on the
one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become law and shall apply
to offenses committed on or after the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
According to a recent report by the State Comptroller, motor vehicle
fatalities increased by 25.8 percent from between 2019 and 2022 in New
York State. The prevalence of hazardous driving in New York is unaccept-
able, and the legislature must do more to keep dangerous, repeat offen-
ders of moving violations off of the road and away from the steering
wheel to prevent unnecessary accidents and deaths.
Roughly 300 pedestrians are killed and 15,000 are injured by motor vehi-
cles each year. The families and the children of New York should not
have to fear walking to school.
School bus drivers should not have to fear dropping off children.
Pedestrians should not have to fear walking around in their neighbor-
hoods. Absent legislative action to further deter these dangerous driv-
ers, families will continue to suffer needless tragedies. Holding
dangerous drivers accountable by revoking the licenses of repeat offen-
ders of moving violations that endanger the lives of those in our commu-
nities is a necessary and overdue action.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: S12 - Referred to Transportation
2023: S12 - Referred to Transportation
2022: S764A - Referred to Transportation
2021: S764A - Referred to Transportation
2020: S5203A - Referred to Transportation
2019: S5203A - Referred to Transportation
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

Statutes affected:
S446: 510 vehicle and traffic law, 510(2) vehicle and traffic law