New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 1 - Executive Orders (Nelson A. Rockefeller) › Section 1.6 - Executive order no. 6: relating to a program for improved safety for state employees driving state-owned passenger cars

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The safe operation of State-owned automobiles is an
					 important responsibility. Drivers of such cars are responsible not only to the
					 State, as their employer, but also to the general public. Their conduct on the
					 highway should set an example of good driving habits and skills for all
					 drivers. The State's responsibility in this area has been recognized by the
					 Interdepartmental Committee on Traffic Safety which recommended the
					 establishment of a traffic safety program for State employees.
I, Nelson A. Rockefeller, by virtue of the authority vested
					 in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of New York, and as Governor of
					 the State of New York, do hereby direct by Executive order that the following
					 uniform plan of action be instituted throughout the Executive Branch of State
					 Government, excluding the Division of State Police which operates under its own
					 approved plan, in order to improve the safe driving habits and skills of
					 State-employed drivers, and contribute to the general safety of all our
					 citizens.
A. Vehicle Maintenance and
				  Inspection
The Office of General Services, in conjunction with the
					 Department of Motor Vehicles, shall set standards for maintenance and
					 inspection of all State-owned passenger cars. Inspections shall be made under
					 the over-all supervision of the Office of General Services, using the
					 facilities of the Office of General Services, the Department of Public Works,
					 and such other available facilities as may be necessary.
The Office of General Services shall promulgate such
					 regulations and prepare such forms as may be necessary to make effective its
					 standards for maintenance and inspection.
B. Driver Improvement
Every State chauffeur operating a State-owned passenger
					 vehicle, or other State employee whose duties include acting as such a
					 chauffeur as part of his regular assignment, shall attend a period of driver
					 improvement instruction to be conducted by the Department of Motor Vehicles. In
					 addition, any State employee, regardless of job classification, involved after
					 May 31, 1961 in an operating accident reportable under Section 605  of the
					 Vehicle and Traffic Law, while driving a State-owned passenger vehicle shall
					 attend such a period of driver improvement instruction. Each agency head shall
					 be responsible for the attendance of such employees at such periods of
					 instruction. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall report on the activities
					 and results of such periods of instruction to the Accident Review Committee, as
					 hereinafter described.
C.
				  Agency Accident Review Officer
The head of each State department or agency shall
					 designate, from among his deputies or other assistants having similar
					 responsibility, an agency accident review officer. Where one such officer could
					 not effectively perform the functions hereinafter described throughout a
					 department or agency, one or more additional accident review officers of
					 similar rank may be designated.
Each such accident review officer, with the assistance of
					 the safety administrator in each department or agency, shall:
a. within two weeks of an operating accident
				  reportable under Section 605  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law occurring after May
				  31, 1961 involving an agency employee driving a State-owned passenger vehicle
				  and causing property damage or bodily injury:
obtain all records relating to the driving experience of
					 the employee, and to the specific accident occurrence; and
transmit the information so obtained to the Accident
					 Review Committee as hereinafter described and to the head of the department or
					 agency who shall arrange for the attendance of all agency drivers involved in
					 such accidents at a period of driver improvement instruction conducted by the
					 Department of Motor Vehicles.
b. sponsor and conduct motor vehicle accident
				  prevention activities for department or agency employees, where such activities
				  are not the responsibility of an organized safety unit within the department or
				  agency.
c. report to and advise the
				  department or agency head regarding (1) the motor vehicle accident record of
				  the department or agency and (2) the motor vehicle accident prevention
				  activities of the department or agency.
The safety administrator of each department of agency shall
					 attend an orientation course in accident causation and prevention, conducted by
					 the Department of Civil Service.