New York

HIGHWAY SAFETY LAWS NEEDED IN NEW YORK:
GDL - Cell Phone Restriction Provision
GDL - Age 18 for Unrestricted License
Mandatory BAC Test Law - Drivers Killed
All-Driver Text Messaging Restriction

CURRENT HIGHWAY SAFETY LAWS:
Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Law
All-Rider Motorcycle Helmet Law
Booster Seat Law
GDL - Minimum Age 16 for Learner's Permit
GDL - 6-Month Holding Period Provision
GDL - 30-50 Hours Supervised Driving Provision
GDL - Passenger Restriction Provision
GDL - Nighttime Restriction Provision
Child Endangerment Law
Mandatory BAC Test Law - Drivers Who Survive
Open Container Law
Ignition Interlock Law

*States are credited with having laws only if their laws meet Advocates’ optimal criteria

MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES IN NEW YORK IN THE YEAR 2008: 1,231

Click here to view the Partners for Child Passenger Safety Study in Adobe Acrobat Format.

For additional information about the highway and auto safety laws in New York go to www.assembly.state.ny.us or www.senate.state.ny.us.

For more information about New York, please contact Jaime Lotter at jlotter@saferoads.org or 202-408-1711, extension 27.