New York A10563 establishes the vehicular violence accountability act, defining vehicular violence and related offenses.
New York A10563, known as the vehicular violence accountability act, amends the vehicle and traffic law and the penal law. It defines "vehicular violence" as conduct while operating a motorized vehicle that negligently causes injury or death, excluding cases of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The act establishes offenses such as serious physical injury by vehicle, aggravated serious physical injury by vehicle, death by vehicle, and aggravated death by vehicle, with varying penalties based on the severity of the injury or death caused.
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