Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

§ 1151. Pedestrians' right of way in crosswalks. (a) When\ntraffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation the driver\nof a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if\nneed be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a\ncrosswa…

§ 1151-a. Pedestrians' right of way on sidewalks. The driver of a\nvehicle emerging from or entering an alleyway, building, private road or\ndriveway shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian approaching on\nany sidewalk extending across such alleyway, building entrance, ro…

§ 1152. Crossing at other than crosswalks. (a) Every pedestrian\ncrossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or\nwithin an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of\nway to all vehicles upon the roadway.\n (b) Any pedestrian crossing…

§ 1153. Provisions relating to blind or visually impaired persons.\n(a) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article every\ndriver of a vehicle approaching an intersection or crosswalk shall yield\nthe right of way to a pedestrian crossing or attempting to cross the\…

§ 1155. Pedestrians to use right half of crosswalks. Pedestrians\nshall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks.\n

§ 1156. Pedestrians on roadways. (a) Where sidewalks are provided and\nthey may be used with safety it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to\nwalk along and upon an adjacent roadway.\n (b) Where sidewalks are not provided any pedestrian walking along and\nupon a highway shall …

§ 1157. Pedestrians soliciting rides, or business. (a) No person\nshall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride, or to\nsolicit from or sell to an occupant of any vehicle.\n (b) No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway\nfor the purpose of s…

§ 116. Flammable liquid. Any liquid which has a flash point of eighty\ndegrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent\nopen-cup test device.\n

§ 1160. Required position and method of turning at intersections. The\ndriver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as\nfollows:\n (a) Right turns. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn\nshall be made as close as practicable to the right han…

§ 1161. U turns in certain areas prohibited. a. No motor vehicle shall\nmake a U turn upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest\nof a grade, where such motor vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any\nother motor vehicle approaching from either direction withi…

§ 1162. Starting parked vehicle. No person shall move a vehicle which\nis stopped, standing, or parked unless and until such movement can be\nmade with reasonable safety.\n

§ 1163. Turning movements and required signals. (a) No person shall\nturn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper\nposition upon the roadway as required in section eleven hundred sixty,\nor turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or otherwise tur…

§ 1164. Signals by hand and arm or signal lamps. (a) Any stop or turn\nsignal when required herein shall be given either by means of the hand\nand arm or by signal lamps, except as otherwise provided in subsection\n(b).\n (b) Any motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipp…

§ 1165. Method of giving hand-and-arm signals. All signals herein\nrequired given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the\nvehicle in the following manner and such signals shall indicate as\nfollows:\n 1. Left turn. Hand and arm extended horizontally.\n 2. Right…

§ 1166. Required position for turning at alley, driveway, private road\nor onto property off the roadway. The driver of a vehicle intending to\nturn from a roadway into an alley, driveway, private road or onto\nproperty off the roadway, shall approach the turn as follows:\n (a) …

§ 117. Gross weight. The weight of a vehicle without load plus the\nweight of any load thereon.\n

§ 117-a. Hazard vehicle. Every vehicle owned and operated or leased by\na utility, whether public or private, used in the construction,\nmaintenance and repair of its facilities, every vehicle specially\nequipped or designed for the towing or pushing of disabled vehicles,\nevery…

§ 117-b. Hazardous operation. The operation, or parking, of a vehicle\non or immediately adjacent to a public highway while such vehicle is\nactually engaged in an operation which would restrict, impede or\ninterfere with the normal flow of traffic.\n

§ 117-c. Hazardous materials emergency vehicle. Every designated\nvehicle operated by a hazardous materials emergency response team\ncreated pursuant to section two hundred nine-y of the general municipal\nlaw specifically equipped for and used in response to reports of\nemergen…

§ 117-d. Blood delivery vehicle. Every vehicle owned, designated and\noperated by the not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the name\nNew York blood center specifically equipped for and used in response to\nreports of the need for transportation of blood or blood product…

§ 117-e. Human organ delivery vehicle. 1. Any vehicle which is owned\nand operated by a certified organ procurement organization for the sole\npurpose of transporting human organs and/or medical personnel for the\npurpose of organ recovery or transplantation while engaged in an\…

§ 1170. Obedience to signal indicating approach of train. (a) Whenever\nany person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under\nany of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of such\nvehicle shall stop not less than fifteen feet from the nearest ra…

§ 1171. Certain vehicles must stop at all railroad grade crossings.\n(a) The driver of any bus carrying passengers, of any school bus, of any\nmotor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than ten\nthousand pounds that transports division 2.3 chlorine or is a carg…

§ 1172. Stop signs and yield signs. (a) Except when directed to\nproceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a\nstop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then\nshall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the\ninterse…

§ 1173. Emerging from alley, driveway, private road or building. The\ndriver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, private road or\nbuilding shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a\nsidewalk extending across any alleyway, building entrance, road or\n…

§ 1174. Overtaking and passing school bus. (a) The driver of a vehicle\nupon a public highway, street or private road upon meeting or overtaking\nfrom either direction any school bus marked and equipped as provided in\nsubdivision twenty of section three hundred seventy-five of …

* § 1174-a. Owner liability for failure of operator to stop for a\nschool bus displaying a red visual signal and stop-arm. (a) 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a county, city, town or\nvillage located within a school district ("district") is hereby\nauthorized and…

§ 1175. Obstructing traffic at intersection. When vehicular traffic is\nstopped on the opposite side of an intersection, no person shall drive a\nvehicle into such intersection, except when making a turn unless there\nis adequate space on the opposite side of the intersection to…

§ 1176. Obstructing highway-railroad grade crossings. No person shall\ndrive a vehicle onto the railroad tracks at a highway-railroad grade\ncrossing unless there is sufficient undercarriage clearance to traverse\nthe crossing and adequate space on the opposite side of the cross…

§ 118. Highway. The entire width between the boundary lines of every\nway publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the\npublic for purposes of vehicular travel.\n

§ 1180. Basic rule and maximum limits. (a) No person shall drive a\nvehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the\nconditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then\nexisting.\n (b) Except as provided in subdivision (g) of this section a…

§ 1180-a. Maximum speed limits. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, no city, village, town, county, public authority, division,\noffice or department of the state shall maintain or create (a) any speed\nlimit in excess of fifty-five miles per hour on any road, highwa…

* § 1180-b. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, the city of New York is hereby authorized to establish\na demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner o…

* § 1180-c. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, the city of Poughkeepsie is hereby authorized to\nestablish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the\now…

* § 1180-e. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits; highway construction or maintenance\nwork area.\n (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of\ntransportation is hereby authorized to establish a d…

* § 1180-f. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, the city of Albany is hereby authorized to establish a\ndemonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of …

* § 1180-f. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, the city of Syracuse is hereby authorized to establish\na demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner o…

* § 1180-g. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, the city of Kingston is hereby authorized to establish\na demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner o…

* § 1180-h. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits; Mt. Vernon. (a) 1. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, the city of Mt. Vernon is hereby authorized\nto establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability …

* § 1180-h. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits; city of Schenectady. (a) 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of Schenectady is\nhereby authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary\…

* § 1180-h. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, the city of White Plains is hereby authorized to\nestablish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the\now…

* § 1180-i. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits; village of Pelham. (a) 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the village of Pelham is\nhereby authorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary\nlia…

* § 1180-i. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, the city of New Rochelle is hereby authorized to\nestablish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the\now…

* § 1180-i. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits; city of Ithaca. (a) 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of Ithaca is hereby\nauthorized to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary\nliability…

* § 1180-i. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ncertain posted maximum speed limits. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, the village of Croton-on-Hudson is hereby authorized\nto establish a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on …

§ 1181. Minimum speed regulations. (a) No person shall drive a motor\nvehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable\nmovement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe\noperation or in compliance with law.\n (b) Whenever a minimum speed lim…

§ 1182. Speed contests and races. 1. Except as provided in section\neleven hundred eighty-two-a of this article or section sixteen hundred\nthirty, sixteen hundred forty, sixteen hundred forty-two or sixteen\nhundred sixty of this chapter, no races, exhibitions or contests of\ns…

§ 1182-a. Multi-jurisdictional speed contests, races and similar\nspecial events. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the\ncontrary, the department of transportation may, by order, rule or\nregulation, prohibit or regulate races, speed contests, exhibitions of\nspee…

§ 1182-b. Filming of movies, commercials and similar events. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the\ndepartment of transportation may, by order, rule or regulation, prohibit\nor regulate the filming of movies, commercials and similar events on\nstate…

§ 119. House coach. Any vehicle motivated by a power connected\ntherewith or propelled by a power within itself, which is or can be used\nas the home or living abode or habitation of one or more persons, either\ntemporarily or permanently. In the application of this chapter to h…