Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

* § 1111-h. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications; town of Greenburgh. (a) 1. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, the town of Greenburgh is hereby authorized\nand empowered to adopt and amend a local law or ordinance establi…

* § 1111-i. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications; city of Peekskill. (a) 1. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, the city of Peekskill is hereby authorized\nand empowered to adopt and amend a local law or ordinance establish…

* § 1111-i. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications; village of Croton-on-Hudson. (a) 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the village of\nCroton-on-Hudson is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend a\nlocal law o…

* § 1111-j. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications; city of Poughkeepsie. (a) 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of Poughkeepsie is\nhereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend a local law or\nordinance es…

* § 1111-j. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications; city of Ithaca. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, the city of Ithaca is hereby authorized and\nempowered to adopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishing a\…

* § 1111-j. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications; town of Woodbury. (a) 1. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, the town of Woodbury is hereby authorized\nand empowered to adopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishin…

* § 1111-j. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications; town of Palm Tree. (a) 1. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, the town of Palm Tree is hereby authorized\nand empowered to adopt and amend a local law or ordinance establish…

§ 1112. Pedestrian-control signal indications. Whenever pedestrians\nare controlled by pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words "WALK"\nor "DON'T WALK", or exhibiting symbols of a walking person or upraised\nhand, such signals shall indicate and apply to pedestrians as fo…

§ 1113. Flashing signal indications. Whenever traffic is controlled by\na flashing signal used in a traffic sign or signal, only the colors red\nand yellow shall be used, and said signals shall indicate and apply to\ndrivers of vehicles as follows:\n (a) Flashing red indications…

§ 1114. Display of unauthorized signs, signals, or markings. (a) No\nperson shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway\nany unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or\nis an imitation of or resembles or is likely to be construed as…

§ 1115. Interference with official traffic-control devices, railroad\nsigns or signals and other highway appurtenances. (a) No person shall,\nwithout lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure,\nknock down, cover, remove, or otherwise interfere with any offici…

§ 1116. Lane-use control signal indications. Whenever traffic is\ncontrolled by lane-use control signal indications located over the\nindividual lanes of a highway, only the colors green, yellow, white and\nred shall be used, and said signals shall indicate and apply as follows:…

§ 1117. Traffic-control signals; malfunction. Except when directed to\nproceed by a police officer, every operator of a motor vehicle\napproaching an intersection governed by a traffic-control signal which\nis out of service or otherwise malfunctioning shall stop in the manner\n…

§ 112. Department. The department of motor vehicles of this state\nacting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.\n

§ 112-a. Department of transportation. The department of\ntransportation of this state acting directly or through its duly\nauthorized officers and agents.\n

§ 1120. Drive on right side of roadway; exceptions. (a) Upon all\nroadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right\nhalf of the roadway, except as follows:\n 1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same\ndirection under the rules gov…

§ 1121. Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions. Drivers\nof vehicles proceeding in opposite direction shall pass each other to\nthe right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one line of\ntraffic in each direction each driver shall give to the other at l…

§ 1122. Overtaking a vehicle on the left. The following rules shall\ngovern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same\ndirection, subject to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules\nhereinafter stated:\n (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another…

§ 1122-a. Overtaking a bicycle. The operator of a vehicle overtaking,\nfrom behind, a bicycle proceeding on the same side of a roadway shall\npass to the left of such bicycle at a safe distance until safely clear\nthereof.\n

§ 1123. When overtaking on the right is permitted. (a) The driver of a\nvehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only\nunder the following conditions:\n 1. When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;\n 2. Upon a street or highway wit…

§ 1124. Limitations on overtaking on the left. No vehicle shall be\ndriven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and\npassing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless\nauthorized by the provisions of this chapter and unless such left side\nis…

§ 1125. Further limitations on driving to left of center of roadway.\n(a) No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the\nroadway under the following conditions:\n 1. When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the\nhighway where the driver's view is…

§ 1126. No-passing zones. (a) When official markings are in place\nindicating those portions of any highway where overtaking and passing or\ndriving to the left of such markings would be especially hazardous, no\ndriver of a vehicle proceeding along such highway shall at any tim…

§ 1127. One-way roadways and and circular intersections. (a) Upon a\nroadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic, a vehicle shall\nbe driven only in the direction designated.\n (b) A vehicle passing around a circular intersection shall be driven\nonly to the right of t…

§ 1128. Driving on roadways laned for traffic. Whenever any roadway\nhas been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic the\nfollowing rules in addition to all others consistent herewith shall\napply:\n (a) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable entir…

§ 1129. Following too closely. (a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall\nnot follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent,\nhaving due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon\nand the condition of the highway.\n (b) The driver of any motor…

§ 113. Driver. Every person who operates or drives or is in actual\nphysical control of a vehicle. Whenever the terms "chauffeur" or\n"operator" or "chauffeur's license" or "operator's license" are used in\nthis chapter, such terms shall be deemed to mean driver and driver's\nli…

§ 1130. Divided and controlled-access highways. 1. Whenever any\nhighway has been divided into two or more roadways by leaving an\nintervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly indicated dividing\nsection so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle\nshal…

§ 1131. Driving on shoulders and slopes. Except for bicycles and those\nclasses of vehicles required to travel on shoulders or slopes, no motor\nvehicle shall be driven over, across, along, or within any shoulder or\nslope of any state controlled-access highway except at a locat…

§ 114. Driveway. Every entrance or exit used by vehicular traffic to\nor from lands or buildings abutting a highway.\n

§ 114-a. Drug. The term "drug" when used in this chapter, means and\nincludes any substance listed in section thirty-three hundred six of the\npublic health law and cannabis and concentrated cannabis as defined in\nsection 222.00 of the penal law.\n

§ 114-b. Emergency operation. The operation, or parking, of an\nauthorized emergency vehicle, when such vehicle is engaged in\ntransporting a sick or injured person, transporting prisoners,\ndelivering blood or blood products in a situation involving an imminent\nhealth risk, tr…

§ 114-c. Escort vehicle. A motor vehicle which operates under its own\npower and which precedes or follows a vehicle or combination of vehicles\nthat has been issued a special hauling permit by the department of\ntransportation, a municipality or public authority pursuant to sec…

§ 114-d. Electric personal assistive mobility device. Every\nself-balancing, two non-tandem wheeled device designed to transport one\nperson by means of an electric propulsion system with an average output\nof not more than seven hundred fifty watts (one horsepower), and the\nma…

§ 114-e. Electric scooter. Every device weighing less than one hundred\npounds that (a) has handlebars, a floorboard or a seat that can be stood\nor sat upon by the operator, and an electric motor, (b) can be powered\nby the electric motor and/or human power, and (c) has a maxim…

§ 1140. Vehicle approaching or entering intersection. (a) The driver\nof a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right of way to\na vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway.\n (b) When two vehicles enter an intersection from different hig…

§ 1141. Vehicle turning left. The driver of a vehicle intending to\nturn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road,\nor driveway shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from\nthe opposite direction which is within the intersection or so cl…

§ 1142. Vehicle entering stop or yield intersection. (a) Except when\ndirected to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle\napproaching a stop sign shall stop as required by section eleven hundred\nseventy-two and after having stopped shall yield the right of way t…

§ 1143. Vehicle entering roadway. The driver of a vehicle about to\nenter or cross a roadway from any place other than another roadway shall\nyield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway to be\nentered or crossed.\n

§ 1144. Operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency\nvehicles. (a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency\nvehicle equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting red light\nvisible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five\nhun…

§ 1144-a. Operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or\nstanding authorized emergency vehicle, hazard vehicle, vehicle\ndisplaying a blue or green light or certain other motor vehicles. (a)\nEvery operator of a motor vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid\ncolli…

§ 1145. Vehicle approaching rotary traffic circle or island. Except\nwhere a traffic control device directs otherwise, the driver of a\nvehicle approaching or about to enter a rotary traffic circle or island\nshall yield the right of way to any vehicle already traveling on such\…

§ 1146. Drivers to exercise due care. (a) Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law to the contrary, every driver of a vehicle\nshall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any bicyclist,\npedestrian, or domestic animal upon any roadway and shall give warning\nby sound…

§ 1146-a. Approaching horses. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\nother law to the contrary, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due\ncare to avoid colliding with any horse being ridden or led along a\npublic highway.\n 2. Every driver of a vehicle shall approach a ho…

§ 115. Explosives. Any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that\nis commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion\nand which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other\ningredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition\n…

§ 115-a. Fire vehicle. Every vehicle operated for fire service\npurposes owned and identified as being owned by the state, a public\nauthority, a county, town, city, village or fire district, or a fire\ncorporation subject to the provisions of subdivision (e) of section\nfourtee…

§ 115-b. Flagperson. The term "flagperson," when used in this chapter\nmeans and includes:\n 1. Any person employed by or on behalf of the state, a county, city,\ntown or village, a public authority, a local authority, or a public\nutility company, or the agent or contractor of …

§ 115-c. Emergency ambulance service vehicle. An emergency ambulance\nservice vehicle shall be defined as an appropriately equipped motor\nvehicle owned or operated by an ambulance service as defined in section\nthree thousand one of the public health law and used for the purpos…

§ 115-d. Environmental emergency response vehicle. Every designated\nvehicle operated by an agency of the state or a political subdivision\nthereof, charged with the responsibility for environmental protection,\nwhile engaged in a response to a report of an emergency resulting f…

§ 1150. Pedestrians subject to traffic regulations. Pedestrians shall\nbe subject to traffic-control signals as provided in section eleven\nhundred eleven of this title, but at all other places pedestrians shall\nbe accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restriction…