Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

§ 127. Overhang. That portion of a transported vehicle or boat which\nextends beyond the front or rear bumper of an automobile transporter or\nstinger-steered automobile transporter or boat transporter or\nstinger-steered boat transporter, or that portion of a transported\nvehic…

§ 1270. Effect of regulations. 1. 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 2. These regulations applicable to electric personal assistive\nmobility de…

§ 1271. Traffic laws apply to persons operating electric personal\nassistive mobility devices; local laws. 1. Except in cities with a\npopulation of one million or more and except as provided by local law,\nordinance, order, rule or regulation enacted or promulgated pursuant to\…

§ 1272. Operating electric personal assistive mobility devices. 1. No\nelectric personal assistive mobility device shall be used to carry more\npersons at one time than the number for which such device is designed\nand equipped. No person operating an electric personal assistive…

§ 1273. Clinging to vehicles. 1. No person operating an electric\npersonal assistive mobility device shall attach such device, or himself\nor herself to any vehicle being operated upon a roadway.\n 2. No vehicle operator shall knowingly permit any person to attach any\nelectric …

§ 1274. Riding on roadways, shoulders and lanes reserved for\nnon-motorized vehicles and devices. 1. Upon all roadways, any electric\npersonal assistive mobility device shall be operated either on a usable\nbicycle or in-line skate lane or, if a usable bicycle or in-line skate\n…

§ 1275. Lamps and other equipment. 1. Every electric personal\nassistive mobility device when in use during the period from one-half\nhour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise shall be equipped with\na lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible during hours…

§ 1276. Operators to wear protective headgear. 1. No person shall ride\nupon, propel or otherwise operate an electric personal assistive\nmobility device unless such person is wearing a helmet meeting standards\nestablished by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of\nsubd…

§ 1277. Leaving the scene of an incident involving an electric\npersonal assistive mobility device without reporting. 1. (a) Any person\neighteen years of age or older operating an electric personal assistive\nmobility device who, knowing or having cause to know, that physical\n…

§ 128. Owner. A person, other than a lien holder, having the property\nin or title to a vehicle or vessel. The term includes a person entitled\nto the use and possession of a vehicle or vessel subject to a security\ninterest in another person and also includes any lessee or bail…

§ 1280. Effect of regulations. 1. 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 2. These regulations applicable to electric scooters shall apply\nwhenever …

§ 1281. Traffic laws apply to persons operating electric scooters;\nlocal laws. 1. Every person riding an electric scooter upon a roadway\nshall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the\nduties applicable to the driver of a vehicle and the rider of a bicyc…

§ 1282. Operating electric scooters. 1. No electric scooter shall be\nused to carry more than one person at one time. No person operating an\nelectric scooter shall carry any person as a passenger in a pack\nfastened to the operator or fastened to the electric scooter. The\nfail…

§ 1283. Clinging to vehicles. 1. No person operating an electric\nscooter shall attach such scooter, or himself or herself, to any vehicle\nbeing operated upon a roadway.\n 2. No vehicle operator shall knowingly permit any person to attach any\nelectric scooter, or himself or he…

§ 1284. Riding on roadways, shoulders, and lanes reserved for\nnon-motorized vehicles and devices. 1. Upon all roadways, any electric\nscooter shall be operated either on a usable bicycle or in-line skate\nlane or, if a usable bicycle or in-line skate lane has not been\nprovided…

§ 1285. Lamps and other equipment. 1. Every electric scooter when in\nuse during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour\nbefore sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall\nemit a white light visible during hours of darkness from a distanc…

§ 1286. Operators to wear protective headgear. 1. No person sixteen or\nseventeen years of age shall ride upon, propel or otherwise operate an\nelectric scooter unless such person is wearing a helmet meeting\nstandards established by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions o…

§ 1287. Leaving the scene of an incident involving an electric scooter\nwithout reporting in the second degree. 1. Any person age eighteen years\nor older operating an electric scooter who, knowing or having cause to\nknow, that physical injury, as defined in subdivision nine of…

§ 1288. Leaving the scene of an incident involving an electric scooter\nwithout reporting in the first degree. 1. Any person age eighteen years\nor older operating an electric scooter who, knowing or having cause to\nknow, that serious physical injury, as defined in subdivision …

§ 1289. Operation of an electric scooter while under the influence of\nalcohol or drugs. 1. Offenses; criminal penalties. (a) Operating an\nelectric scooter while ability impaired. No person shall operate an\nelectric scooter while the person's ability to operate such electric\n…

§ 129. Park or parking. Means the standing of a vehicle, whether\noccupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while\nactually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.\n

§ 129-a. Parking area of a shopping center. An area or areas of\nprivate property totaling at least one acre, near or contiguous to and\nprovided in connection with premises having one or more stores or\nbusiness establishments, and used by the public as a means of access to\nan…

§ 129-b. Parking lot. Any area or areas of private property near or\ncontiguous to and provided in connection with premises having one or\nmore stores or business establishments, and used by the public as a\nmeans of access to and egress from such stores and business\nestablishm…

§ 130. Pedestrian. Any person afoot or in a wheelchair.\n

§ 130-a. Wheelchair. A wheelchair is any manual or electrically driven\nmobility assistance device, scooter, tricycle or similar device used by\na person with a disability as a substitute for walking.\n An electrically driven mobility assistance device means any wheeled,\nelectr…

§ 131. Person. Every natural person, firm, copartnership,\nassociation, or corporation.\n

§ 131-a. Place of public assembly. A place of public assembly shall\ninclude (1) a theatre, (2) a moving picture house, or (3) an assembly\nhall maintained or leased for pecuniary gain where one hundred or more\npersons may assemble for amusement or recreation.\n

§ 132. Police officer. All police officers as defined in subdivision\nthirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, and every\nduly designated peace officer as defined in section 2.20 of such law,\nwhen such peace officer is acting pursuant to his special duties.\n

§ 132-a. Police vehicle. Every vehicle owned by the state, a public\nauthority, a county, town, city or village, and operated by the police\ndepartment or law enforcement agency of such governmental unit or by a\nconstable or police constable of a town when acting pursuant to hi…

§ 133. Private road. Every way or place in private ownership and used\nfor vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied\npermission from the owner, but not by other persons.\n

§ 134. Public highway. Any highway, road, street, avenue, alley,\npublic place, public driveway or any other public way.\n

§ 134-a. Qualifying highway. The highways on the national system of\ninterstate and defense highways and federal-aid primary system highways\nthat are designated by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to\nsection sixteen hundred twenty-seven of this chapter.\n

§ 134-b. Radar detector. Any instrument designed to detect the\npresence of microwaves at frequencies specifically assigned by the\nfederal communications commission for the purpose of maintaining\nvehicular speed.\n

§ 134-c. Laser detector. Any instrument designed to detect the\npresence of laser speed detection devices.\n

§ 135. Railroad. A carrier of persons or property upon cars, other\nthan streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.\n

§ 135-a. Railroad grade crossing. A location where a public highway or\nprivate road, including associated sidewalks, crosses one or more\nrailroad tracks at grade.\n

§ 136. Railroad sign or signal. Any sign, signal, or device erected\nby authority of a public body or official by a railroad and intended to\ngive notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a\nrailroad train.\n

§ 137. Railroad train. A steam engine, electric or other motor\nlocomotive or car, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon\nrails, except streetcars.\n

§ 137-a. Rental vehicle. A vehicle owned by a person engaged in the\nbusiness of renting or leasing vehicles which is rented or leased\nwithout a driver to a person other than the owner and is registered in\nthe name of such owner.\n

§ 138. Residence district. The territory contiguous to and including\na highway not comprising a business district when the property on such\nhighway for a distance of three hundred feet or more is in the main\nimproved with residences or residences and buildings in use for\nbus…

§ 139. Right of way. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to\nproceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or\npedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and\nproximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants\nprecedence…

§ 140. Roadway. That portion of a highway improved, designed, marked,\nor ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulder and\nslope. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways the\nterm "roadway" as used herein shall refer to any such roadway …

§ 140-a. In-line skate. A manufactured or assembled device consisting\nof an upper portion that is intended to be secured to a human foot, with\na frame or chassis attached along the length of the bottom of such upper\nportion, with such frame or chassis holding two or more whee…

§ 140-b. Roller skate. A manufactured or assembled device consisting\nof a frame or shoe having clamps or straps or both for fastening, with a\npair of small wheels near the toe and another pair at the heel mounted\nor permanently attached thereto, for skating or gliding by mean…

§ 140-c. Skate board. A manufactured or assembled device consisting of\na platform having a pair of small wheels near the front and another pair\nat the rear mounted or permanently attached thereto, for skating or\ngliding by means of human foot and leg power.\n

§ 140-d. Roundabout. A circular intersection which is characterized by\na circulatory roadway with counterclockwise movement, channelized\napproaches, low speeds, and yield control of entering traffic. A\nroundabout encompasses the area bounded by the outermost curb line or,\nif…

§ 141. Safety zone. The area or space officially set apart within a\nroadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or\nis so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at\nall times while set apart as a safety zone.\n

§ 141-a. Sanitation patrol vehicle. Every vehicle operated by an\nofficer or member of the sanitation police of the department of\nsanitation of the city of New York, duly appointed and designated as a\npeace officer by such department, when such officer or member is acting\npur…

§ 141-b. Sani-vans. Any motor vehicle which is so designed that it\ncontains a rear compaction unit and is intended for use in the\ncollection of refuse. For the purpose of section one hundred seventeen-a\nof this chapter, the term "sani-van" shall mean any motor vehicle which\n…

§ 142. School bus. Every motor vehicle owned by a public or\ngovernmental agency or private school and operated for the\ntransportation of pupils, children of pupils, teachers and other persons\nacting in a supervisory capacity, to or from school or school activities\nor private…