GHSA maintains data on state laws surrounding a number of highway safety issues. Below is information regarding laws in the state of New York. Please note that GHSA does not compile any additional data on state laws other than what is presented in these pages. For more information, consult the appropriate State Highway Safety Office.
Training law enforcement officers to recognize and stop drug-impaired drivers is a vital part of combating drugged driving. GHSA Director of Government Relations Russ Martin speaks to the scope of the DUID issue and the importance of Drug Recognition Experts (DREs).
Story by Myles Miller
April 5, 2018
In 2017, the New York Governor's Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) received a grant from GHSA and the National Road Safety Foundation to tackle the issue of drowsy driving on the state's roadways. With this grant, GTSC partnered with Stony Brook University's School of Health Technology and Management to develop the Stop Drowsy Driving Initiative.
Drowsy driving is a difficult behavior to detect and enforce. GHSA Consultant Pam Fischer and Senior Director of Communications and Programs Kara Macek speak to the challenges and discuss GHSA and NRSF's efforts to help states address the issue.
Article by Jenni Bergal
October 31, 2017
Drugged and drunk driving are both serious issues on our roadways, as GHSA and Responsibility.org's 2017 DUID report showed. Referencing the report, this article details what law enforcement are seeing with regards to both issues in upstate New York.
Article by Anthony Borrelli
August 24, 2017
AV testing authorized under specified conditions.
In light of a new study suggesting that the vast majority of drivers are still using their smartphone behind the wheel, GHSA's Kara Macek discusses why it is so difficult to get people to stop driving distracted.
April 17, 2017
Article by Mark Moore
Bicycle helmets required for all riders 1 year or older and under 14. Children under 1 prohibited.
Universal helmet law enacted 1967.
Checkpoints are conducted. Their legality is upheld under federal Constitution.
8 years
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