Provides that all buses manufactured for sale in this state after July 1, 2025, shall have an exhaust system whereby the point of emission from the exhaust pipe is at the upper right hand corner of the rear of such vehicle.
Authorizes vehicle registration refunds for the registration period commencing after the first twelve month period of such registration to be refunded on a prorated monthly basis.
Requires passenger cabs be inspected for unsafe carbon monoxide levels; requires information on the warning signs of carbon monoxide poisoning to be distributed with each operator's license, whether issued or renewed.
Authorizes political subdivisions to establish demonstration programs implementing railroad grade crossing monitoring systems by means of photo devices.
Provides for increased fines for overnight parking of tractor-trailer combinations, tractors, truck trailers and semi-trailers on residential streets in the city of New York.
Allows police vehicles to have one or more forward facing blue lights, provided that such blue light can only be displayed in combination with a red and/or white light.
Establishes a bicycle and electric scooter operator's safety manual; provides for the issuance of a license for residents who successfully read and comprehend the operator's safety manual; requires residents who operate an electric scooter in New York City to have a license to operate such devices; requires instruction in electric scooter safety as part of the drivers pre-licensing course; requires liability insurance for electric scooters in cities having a population of one million or more; prohibits the sale of an electric scooter to a purchaser unless the purchaser has a license to operate the electric scooter and has insurance in a city having a population of one million or more.
Authorizes drivers to disobey a traffic-control device or signal, after exercising reasonable care, in order to yield the right of way to an authorized emergency vehicle.
Requires motor vehicle repair shops to disclose types of replacement parts used in automobile collision repairs and provides a disclosure form to be signed by the owner consenting to the use of any such parts; forbids use of any other parts except new original equipment manufacturer parts on any vehicle during the first year of its manufacture and for the two years following.
Requires police departments to electronically transmit to parking violations bureaus a copy of each stolen vehicle report prepared (within 5 days of the completion thereof); provides that for the purposes of an owner asserting a defense to a charge of parking violation (that the motor vehicle had been reported stolen and had not been recovered by such time), it shall be a sufficient defense that a copy of the electronically transmitted police report is on file with the parking violations bureau.
Requires the department of transportation to include in its existing vegetative management program the removal of invasive vines which are so hazardous that they pose an imminent danger of causing trees or tree limbs to fall onto highways.