Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

§ 1220-b. Unlawful solicitation of ground transportation services at\nan airport. 1. No person shall unlawfully solicit ground transportation\nservices at an airport. A person unlawfully solicits ground\ntransportation services at an airport, when, at an airport, such person,\nw…

§ 1220-c. Work permits for work on state highways. Except in\nconnection with the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or\nimprovement of a state highway, no person shall work on a state highway\nwithout a work permit issued by the state commissioner of\ntransportation.\n

§ 1221. Driving through safety zone prohibited. No vehicle shall at\nany time be driven through or within a safety zone.\n

§ 1222. Persons riding on trucks. 1. No operator of any motor vehicle\ncommonly known as an auto truck shall operate such auto truck, nor shall\nthe owner thereof permit it to be operated, for a distance in excess of\nfive miles, while there is standing therein or thereon any pe…

§ 1223. Lights on vehicles used for transportation of passengers.\nUnless otherwise governed by the provisions of this chapter, every\nvehicle used for the transportation of ten or more passengers upon the\npublic highways, such as for picnics, hayrides and sleigh rides, shall,\…

§ 1223-a. School buses; required identification. All school buses, as\ndefined in section one hundred forty-two of this chapter, purchased,\nleased or acquired on or after September first, nineteen hundred\nninety-seven shall have the area code and telephone number of the owner\…

§ 1224. Abandoned vehicles. 1. A motor vehicle shall be deemed to be\nan abandoned vehicle if left unattended\n (a) with no number plates affixed thereto, for more than six hours on\nany highway or other public place;\n (b) for more than twenty-four hours on any highway or other…

§ 1225. Avoiding intersection or traffic-control device. No person\nshall drive across or upon a sidewalk, driveway, parking lot or private\nproperty, or otherwise drive off a roadway, in order to avoid an\nintersection or traffic-control device.\n

§ 1225-a. Driving on sidewalks. No person shall drive a motor vehicle\non or across a sidewalk, except that a vehicle may be driven at a\nreasonable speed, but not more than five miles per hour, on or across a\nsidewalk in such manner as not to interfere with the safety and pass…

§ 1225-b. Retail sale of frozen desserts by motor vehicle;\nrestrictions. 1. No person operating a motor vehicle engaged in retail\nsales of frozen desserts as that term is defined in subdivision\nthirty-seven of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter\ndirectly to pe…

§ 1225-c. Use of mobile telephones. 1. For purposes of this section,\nthe following terms shall mean:\n (a) "Mobile telephone" shall mean the device used by subscribers and\nother users of wireless telephone service to access such service.\n (b) "Wireless telephone service" shal…

§ 1225-d. Use of portable electronic devices. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided in this section, no person shall operate a motor vehicle while\nusing any portable electronic device while such vehicle is in motion;\nprovided, however, that no person shall operate a commercial moto…

§ 1226. Control of steering mechanism. No person shall operate a motor\nvehicle without having at least one hand or, in the case of a physically\nhandicapped person, at least one prosthetic device or aid on the\nsteering mechanism at all times when the motor vehicle is in motion…

§ 1227. Consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages in certain\nmotor vehicles. 1. The drinking of alcoholic beverages or consumption of\ncannabis, or the possession of an open container containing an alcoholic\nbeverage, in a motor vehicle located upon the public highways …

§ 1228. Riding in house coach trailers. No person shall drive a\nvehicle on a public highway while drawing a house coach trailer occupied\nby any person and no person shall occupy a house coach trailer while it\nis being drawn upon a public highway.\n

§ 1229. Sign required on privately-owned vehicle used in delivery of\nmail. 1. Every person operating a privately-owned vehicle in delivering\nthe United States mail to the addressee thereof shall affix to such\nvehicle a white sign, visible from the rear, containing the followi…

§ 1229-a. Pedestrians, animals, and non-motorized vehicles prohibited\non state expressway highways or state interstate route highways\nincluding the entrances thereto and exits therefrom. No person, unless\notherwise directed by a police officer shall: (a) As a pedestrian,\nocc…

§ 1229-b. Operation of school, camp and charter omnibuses with\npassengers standing prohibited. 1. When the number of passengers is\ngreater than the number of seats available, it shall be unlawful to\noperate a camp or charter omnibus upon the public highways for a\ndistance of…

§ 1229-c. Operation of vehicles with safety seats and safety belts.\n1. No person shall operate a motor vehicle in this state unless: (a) all\nback seat passengers of such vehicle under the age of four are\nrestrained in a specially designed seat which meets the Federal Motor\nV…

§ 1229-d. School bus attendant. (1) "School bus attendant" shall mean\na person employed or authorized by a school district to ride on a school\nbus as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section five\nhundred nine-a of this chapter for the purpose of maintaining orde…

§ 123. Motorcycle. Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for\nthe use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three\nwheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.\n

§ 1230. Effect of regulations. (a) The parent of any child and the\nguardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such\nchild or ward to violate any of the provisions of this article.\n (b) These regulations applicable to bicycles or to in-line skates\nshall a…

§ 1231. Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles or skating or\ngliding on in-line skates. Every person riding a bicycle or skating or\ngliding on in-line skates upon a roadway shall be granted all of the\nrights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the\n…

§ 1232. Riding on bicycles. (a) A person propelling a bicycle shall\nnot ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat\nattached thereto, nor shall he ride with his feet removed from the\npedals.\n (b) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time tha…

§ 1233. Clinging to vehicles. 1. No person riding upon any bicycle,\ncoaster, in-line skates, roller skates, skate board, sled, or toy\nvehicle shall attach the same or himself or herself to any vehicle being\noperated upon a roadway.\n 2. No person shall ride on or attach himse…

§ 1234. Riding on roadways, shoulders, bicycle or in-line skate lanes\nand bicycle or in-line skate paths. (a) Upon all roadways, any bicycle\nor in-line skate shall be driven either on a usable bicycle or in-line\nskate lane or, if a usable bicycle or in-line skate lane has not…

§ 1235. Carrying articles. No person operating a bicycle shall carry\nany package, bundle, or article which prevents the driver from keeping\nat least one hand upon the handle bars. No person skating or gliding on\nin-line skates shall carry any package, bundle, or article which…

§ 1236. Lamps and other equipment on bicycles. (a) Every bicycle when\nin use during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half\nhour before sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which\nshall emit a white light visible during hours of darkness from a\ndi…

§ 1237. Method of giving hand and arm signals by bicyclists. All\nsignals herein required to be given by bicyclists by hand and arm shall\nbe given in the following manner and such signals shall indicate as\nfollows:\n 1. Left turn. Left hand and arm extended horizontally.\n 2. …

§ 1238. Passengers on bicycles under one year of age prohibited;\npassengers and operators under fourteen years of age to wear protective\nheadgear; operators of class three bicycles with electric assist to wear\nprotective headgear. 1. No person operating a bicycle shall allow …

§ 1239. Reflective material and devices for in-line skating. The\ncommissioner is hereby directed to promulgate rules and regulations to\nestablish standards for reflective devices and/or material to be\nequipped into in-line skates pursuant to section three hundred\nninety-one-…

* § 124. Minimum maintenance road. A low-volume road or portion\nthereof which is designated by the town having jurisdiction over such\nroad pursuant to section two hundred five-c of the highway law.\n * NB Repealed December 8, 2031\n

§ 1240. Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled\nnon-motorized means of conveyance without reporting in the second\ndegree. 1. Any person age eighteen years or older operating a wheeled\nnon-motorized means of conveyance, including, but not limited to\nbicycles, in-…

§ 1241. Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled\nnon-motorized means of conveyance without reporting in the first degree.\n1. Any person age eighteen years or older operating a wheeled\nnon-motorized means of conveyance, including, but not limited to\nbicycles, in-l…

§ 1242. Additional provisions applicable to bicycles with electric\nassist. 1. In addition to complying with all of the rules, regulations,\nand provisions applicable to bicycles contained in this article,\nbicycles with electric assist shall operate in a manner so that the\nele…

§ 1242-a. Operation of a bicycle with electric assist while under the\ninfluence of alcohol or drugs. 1. Offenses; criminal penalties. (a)\nOperating a bicycle with electric assist while ability impaired. No\nperson shall operate a bicycle with electric assist while the person's…

§ 1243. Shared bicycle and shared bicycle with electric assist\nsystems; data protection. 1. The governing body of any city, town or\nvillage may, by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation,\nauthorize and regulate shared bicycle systems or shared bicycle with\nelectric …

§ 125. Motor vehicles. Every vehicle operated or driven upon a public\nhighway which is propelled by any power other than muscular power,\nexcept (a) electrically-driven mobility assistance devices operated or\ndriven by a person with a disability, (a-1) electric personal assist…

§ 125-a. Off-highway motorcycle. Off-highway motorcycle is a\nmotorcycle which is not equipped in conformity with the provisions of\nsection three hundred eighty-one of this chapter, would not, if properly\nequipped, qualify as a limited use motorcycle, and which is manufactured…

§ 1250. Traffic laws apply to persons operating motorcycles. Every\nperson operating a motorcycle shall be granted all of the rights and\nshall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any\nother vehicle under this title, except as to special regulations in th…

§ 1251. Riding on motorcycles. (a) A person operating a motorcycle\nshall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto,\nand such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other\nperson ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to ca…

§ 1252. Operating motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic. (a) All\nmotorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle or\nmotorcycle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle\nof the full use of a lane. However, this subsection shall not b…

§ 1253. Clinging to other vehicles. No person riding upon a motorcycle\nshall attach himself or the motorcycle to any other vehicle or streetcar\non a roadway.\n

§ 126. Omnibus. Any motor vehicle used in the business of\ntransporting passengers for hire, except such a motor vehicle used in\nthe transportation of agricultural workers to and from their employment.\n

§ 1260. Effect of regulations. (a) The parent of any child and the\nguardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such\nchild or ward to violate any of the provisions of this article.\n (b) These regulations applicable to horses shall apply whenever a\nhorse i…

§ 1261. Traffic laws apply to persons riding or leading horses. Every\nperson riding or leading a horse upon a roadway shall be granted all\nrights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver\nof a vehicle by this title, except as to special regulations in th…

§ 1262. Riding on roadways, shoulders and horse paths. (a) Upon all\nroadways, horses shall be ridden or led either near the right hand curb\nor edge of the roadway or upon a usable right-hand shoulder, lane or\npath in such a manner as to prevent undue interference with the flo…

§ 1263. Carrying articles. No person riding or leading a horse shall\ncarry any package, bundle, or article which prevents such person from\nkeeping at least one hand upon the reins.\n

§ 1264. Ban on night riding. No person shall ride or lead a horse upon\na roadway during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half\nhour before sunrise. The provisions of this section shall not apply to\nhorse-drawn carriages or carts or police officers, peace offic…

§ 1265. Wearing of helmets. 1. No person less than eighteen years of\nage shall ride a horse unless such person is wearing a helmet meeting or\nexceeding ASTM F1163 (Safety Equipment Institute certified) Equestrian\nStandard. For purposes of this section, "certified" shall mean …