New York

HIGHWAY SAFETY LAWS NEEDED IN NEW YORK :
GDL - 6-Month Holding Period Provision
GDL - 30-50 Hours Supervised Driving Provision
GDL - Passenger Restriction Provision
High BAC Law

CURRENT HIGHWAY SAFETY LAWS:
Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Law
All-Rider Motorcycle Helmet Law
Booster Seat Law Up To Age 8
GDL - Nighttime Restriction Provision
Child Endangerment Law
Mandatory BAC Test Law - Drivers Killed
Mandatory BAC Test Law - Drivers Who Survive
Open Container Law
Repeat Offender Law
Sobriety Checkpoints Law

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

MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES IN NEW YORK IN THE YEAR 2004: 1,493

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 Advocates, please contact Jaime Alvis at jalvis@saferoads.org or 202-408-1711, extension 27, or Mark Kriss, New York Advocates' coalition coordinator, at 518-449-2037, ext. 207.