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Posted by apb (in NY) on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 16:13:15 :

In Reply to: Rant time...ot, but common topic here.. posted by Ken See on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 19:59:31 :

STATE OF NEW YORK
Department of Motor Vehicles

One Harriman Plaza Albany New York


Date: 1 January 2007

To: All Owners of Motor Vehicles Registered in New York State
All New York State Dealers of New and Used Motor Vehicles
All New York State Law Enforcement Personnel

From: Gerald M. Maszo, General Counsel’s Office

Re: Amendment to HRVM 265:114A, (Section 2d)

Effective 1 Jan 2007, all motor vehicles sold in the State of New York will be required to have a headlight dimmer switch mounted on the floorboard of the vehicle. The dimmer switch must be mounted in a position to allow operation by pressing the switch with the left foot. The switch must be located far enough from the foot pedals to avoid inadvertent operation of said pedals.

Effective 1 Mar 2007, ALL OTHER VEHICLES with steering-mounted dimmer switches must be retro-fitted with a floorboard dimmer switch as described above. Owners of vehicles who fail to comply with these requirements will be subject to a $100 fine. Also effective 1 Mar 2007, lack of compliance will be cause for failure of the annual New York State Safety Inspection.

It is recognized that compliance will cause some hardship for the motoring public. However this amendment was enacted in the interest of public safety. A 2004 study conducted by the National Highway Safety Board and the New York State Department of Transportation entitled:

"Initiation Sequence in New York State Nighttime Highway Traffic Accidents"

revealed that 67% of all New York State nighttime accidents were caused by cell-phone users who got their feet caught in the steering wheel while attempting to operate the headlight dimmer switch.

It is hoped that relocating the dimmer switch to the floorboard area will result in a marked decrease in these accidents.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation in this matter.





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