CAHILL: “MOVE OVER” LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW Ensures Uniform Safety Measures for Approaching All Emergency Vehicles
(Albany, NY) -- Assemblymember Kevin Cahill (D-Ulster, Dutchess) announced that legislation intended to provide standards of care to safely approach any hazard vehicle parked, stopped, or standing on the shoulder of a highway, has been signed into law by the Governor. This measure, Assembly Bill 177-B, requires drivers to exercise caution by moving over to the adjacent lane or slowing down when approaching or passing any emergency vehicle displaying its amber lights while assisting a motorist on all New York State roadways. The law goes into effect on January 1, 2012. Click here for the full article!
ESTRA’s Move Over Bill Passes in Senate
ESTRA’s Move Over Bill passed unanimously in the Senate on March 28,
2011 and now resides in the Transportation Committee of the Assembly.
ESTRA members are urged to contact their individual Assembly members to
ask for their assistance in passing this extremely important
legislation. You may determine who your Assemblyman or woman is by going
to the Assembly website at www.assembly.state.ny.us. and filling in your
zip code on the website’s home page. You may also obtain this
information by contacting ESTRA’s lobbyist, Peter O’Connell at (518)
436-7202.
In writing to your legislator, you should identify the bill as A.177-B
by Assemblyman Kevin Cahill. Letters to members of the Assembly may be
addressed to:
Hon. (member’s name)
Legislative Office Building
Albany, New York 12248
Mr. Cahill has been joined on the bill by the following 22 co-sponsors.
If your representative is listed below, be sure to thank him or her for
his or her support. They are:Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn), Felix Ortiz
(D-Brooklyn), Peter Abbate (D-Brooklyn), Harry Bronson (D-Rochester),
William Colton (D-Brooklyn), Kenneth Zebrowski (D-Westchester), Michelle
Schimel (D-Nassau), Naomi Rivera (D-Bronx), Donna Lupardo
(D-Binghamton), Sam Hoyt (D-Erie), Michael Spano (D-Westchester),
Clifford Crouch (R-Broome), Andrew Goodell (R-Chautauqua), Aileen
Gunther (D-Orange), Brian Kolb (R-Cayuga), Margaret Markey (D-Queens),
Jack McEneny (D-Albany), William Reilich (R-Monroe), Annette Robinson
(D-Brooklyn), Robert Sweeney (D-Suffolk), Darryl Towns (D-Brooklyn) and
Harvey Weisenberg (D-Nassau).
Empire State Towing & Recovery Association
107 washington ave. Albany, NY 12210
1-888-85-ESTRA
