Provides for certain presumptions for reckless driving and the implementation of a reckless driving and vehicular violence awareness component of the.

New York recognizes the heightened responsibility of operating a multi-ton car or truck, which is a dangerous instrument under state law. Reckless driving is defined as operating a vehicle in a manner that unreasonably interferes with or endangers users of the public highway or any parking lot. A driver who causes serious physical injury to a pedestrian or bicyclist while failing to exercise due care is guilty of a traffic infraction. The bill also mandates a rebuttable presumption that a driver who causes physical injury while violating reckless driving laws acted with criminal negligence.

Provides for certain presumptions for reckless driving and the implementation of a reckless driving and vehicular violence awareness component of the.

New York recognizes the heightened responsibility of operating a multi-ton car or truck, which is a dangerous instrument under state law. Reckless driving is defined as operating a vehicle in a manner that unreasonably interferes with or endangers users of the public highway or any parking lot. A driver who causes serious physical injury to a pedestrian or bicyclist while failing to exercise due care is guilty of a traffic infraction. The bill also mandates a rebuttable presumption that a driver who causes physical injury while violating reckless driving laws acted with criminal negligence.