Title VAT, Vehicle & Traffic

§ 382-a. Brake linings. 1. It shall be unlawful on and after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-six to sell, offer for sale or distribute\nbrake linings for use on motor vehicles unless they are of a type and\nspecification approved by the commissioner. The commissioner is h…

§ 382-b. Service brake system. Every motor vehicle of a passenger car\nor station wagon type, registered in this state and manufactured or\nassembled after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, and\ndesignated as a nineteen hundred sixty-eight or later model, shall be\ne…

§ 382-c. Occupant compartments. The commissioner may prescribe, by\nregulation, standards consistent with federal motor vehicle safety\nstandards specifying requirements for instrument panels, seat backs,\nprotrusions (including knobs, switches, levers, handles, bezels, and\npan…

§ 383. Safety belts and anchorage assemblies. 1. Safety belts\nrequired. No motor vehicle shall be sold or registered in this state\nand no motor vehicle registered in this state shall be operated in this\nstate unless such vehicle is equipped with safety belts approved by and\n…

§ 385. Dimensions and weights of vehicles. No person shall operate or\nmove, or cause or knowingly permit to be operated or moved on any\nhighway or bridge thereon, in any county not wholly included within a\ncity, any vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight\nexce…

* § 385-a. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\nweight restrictions. (a) 1. (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw, the city of New York is hereby authorized to establish a weigh in\nmotion demonstration program on the covered locations set forth in\n…

§ 386. Motor vehicle sound level limits. 1. As used in this section;\n a. A-weighted sound level shall mean the sound pressure level measured\nby the use of an instrument with the metering characteristics and\nA-weighting frequency response prescribed for sound level meters.\n b…

§ 388. Negligence in use or operation of vehicle attributable to\nowner.\n 1. Every owner of a vehicle used or operated in this state shall be\nliable and responsible for death or injuries to person or property\nresulting from negligence in the use or operation of such vehicle, …

§ 390. Inspection of motor vehicles and motorcycles. The\nsuperintendent of state police shall cause inspection to be made of the\nmotor vehicles and motorcycles operating on the public highways to\ndetect inadequacy of equipment, overloading and other violations of law\ngoverni…

§ 391. Rates of toll on motor vehicles. Where a different rate is not\notherwise prescribed or permitted by law, any person or corporation\nmaintaining a plank road, turnpike road or bridge and authorized, or\nwhich shall be hereafter authorized, to receive tolls for the passage…

§ 392. False statements, alteration of records or substitution in\nconnection with any examination. Any person knowingly making a false\nstatement in an application for any document issued by the commissioner\nor in any proof or statement in writing in connection with such an\na…

§ 392-a. Sale or purchase of stolen, false or fraudulent license,\nidentification card, certificate of registration, or number plate. A\nperson who knowingly sells or offers to sell or buys or offers to buy a\nfalse, fraudulent or stolen license, identification card, certificate…

§ 392-b. Powers of motor vehicle investigators. Investigators of the\ndepartment of motor vehicles during the course of and actual performance\nof their official duties shall have all the powers of peace officers, as\nset forth in section 2.20 of the criminal procedure law.\n

§ 393. Measurement and weight of vehicles; responsibility for damages.\nAny peace officer in this state, acting pursuant to his special duties,\npolice officer or employee of the department of transportation, having\nreason to believe that any vehicle registered under the provis…

§ 393-a. Inspection of commercial motor vehicles exceeding ten\nthousand pounds manufacturers' gross vehicle weight rating. Any police\nofficer having lawfully stopped a commercial motor vehicle with a\nmanufacturers' gross vehicle weight rating in excess of ten thousand\npounds…

§ 394. Drivers' schools. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n (a) "Drivers' school" means the business of giving instruction for\nhire in driving motor vehicles or motorcycles.\n (b) "Person" includes an individual, firm, corporation, partnership,\njoint venture, joint adv…

§ 395. Certain private service bureaus to be licensed. Except as\notherwise provided herein, no person, firm, association or corporation\nshall, engage in the business of assisting for hire in securing licenses\nto drive motor vehicles or registrations or titles of motor vehicle…

§ 396. Use of state and other seals and insignia on private vehicles\nprohibited. 1. A person who shall use any seal, device of arms, sign,\nlettering or insignia of the United States, or of this state or\npolitical subdivision thereof, on any vehicle not owned or used by the\nU…

§ 397. Equipping motor vehicles with radio receiving sets capable of\nreceiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use. A\nperson, not a police officer or peace officer, acting pursuant to his\nspecial duties, who equips a motor vehicle with a radio receiving set\nc…

§ 397-a. Radar detectors and laser detectors prohibited. 1. No radar\ndetector or laser detector shall be used in any motor vehicle with a\ngross vehicle weight rating of more than eighteen thousand pounds or in\nany commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more …

§ 397-b. Vehicle leases that are not sales or security interests.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of motor\nvehicles or trailers which are not vehicles or trailers leased or used\nprimarily for personal, family, or household purposes, a transaction\ndoes…

§ 397-c. For-hire motor vehicle safety program. The commissioner shall\nevaluate and approve any for-hire motor vehicle safety program created\npursuant to section two thousand three hundred fifty-three of the\ninsurance law within sixty days of the effective date of such sectio…

§ 398. Title. This act shall be known as the "Motor Vehicle Repair\nShop Registration Act."\n

§ 398-a. Statement of purpose. The purposes of this article are to\nfurther highway safety by promoting the proper and efficient repair of\nmalfunctioning or disabled motor vehicles and to protect the consumers\nof this state from dishonest, deceptive and fraudulent practices in…

§ 398-b. Definitions. 1. For the purposes of this article, the term\n"motor vehicle" shall mean motor vehicles as defined by section one\nhundred twenty-five and trailers as defined by section one hundred\nfifty-six of this chapter.\n 2. As used in this article the term "motor v…

§ 398-c. Registration required; application; fees and issuance of\ncertificate of registration. 1. Registration required. On and after the\nfirst day of November, nineteen hundred seventy-five, no person shall\noperate, or cause to have operated, a motor vehicle repair shop, unl…

§ 398-d. Motor vehicle repair shop requirements. 1. All work done by a\nmotor vehicle repair shop shall be recorded on an invoice and shall\ndescribe all service work done and parts supplied. If any used parts are\nsupplied, the invoice shall clearly state that fact. If any comp…

§ 398-e. Suspension, revocation or refusal to issue registration;\ncivil penalty; restitution; surrender of certificate of registration. 1.\nSuspension, revocation or refusal to issue registration or license. The\ncommissioner, or any person deputized by him, may deny the applic…

§ 398-f. Hearings; review board; appeals; judicial review. 1.\nHearings. (a) Upon the denial of an application for a certificate of\nregistration, the applicant shall, upon written request made within\nthirty days after the applicant is notified of such denial, be entitled\nto a…

§ 398-g. Powers of the commissioner. 1. In addition to the powers and\nduties specified elsewhere in this article, the commissioner, upon any\ncomplaint or upon his own initiative, shall have the power to make and\nconduct such investigations as he deems proper to effectuate the…

§ 398-h. Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article\nor the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjudged\ninvalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be\nconfined in its operation to the part, provision or application …

§ 398-i. Unregistered operation; procedures and penalties. 1. The\ncommissioner or any person deputized by him shall hear and determine any\nallegation that a person has operated a repair shop without being\nregistered as required by subdivision one of section three hundred\nnin…

§ 398-k. Improper display of signs. 1. The holder of a repair shop\nregistration shall remove or cause to be removed any sign which contains\nthe registration number of the station which is visible to the public\nand which is required to be displayed by this article or regulatio…

§ 399-a. Statement of purpose. The purposes of this article are to\nfurther highway safety by preserving the quality and efficacy of the\naccident prevention course programs. These purposes will be accomplished\nby establishing strict criteria for initial and continual course\ns…

§ 399-b. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following definitions:\n 1. "Sponsoring agency" shall mean an organization which owns a motor\nvehicle accident prevention course approved by the commissioner.\n 2. "Delivery agency" shal…

§ 399-c. Approval by the commissioner. The commissioner must approve\nan accident prevention course before any person attending and\nsuccessfully completing such course may qualify to receive mandatory\ninsurance reduction benefits in accordance with subsection (a) of\nsection t…

§ 399-d. Application for approval. 1. An agency or organization\nseeking approval as a motor vehicle accident prevention course\nsponsoring agency shall apply to the commissioner for approval. Such\napplications shall be made in writing and on forms prescribed by the\ncommission…

§ 399-e. Standards for course approval. 1. To be approved, a course\nmust:\n (a) Have been given for at least two years by the applicant agency or\norganization prior to the submission of an application.\n * (b) Provide at least three hundred twenty minutes of instruction,\nwith…

§ 399-f. Proof of effectiveness. Proof of effectiveness shall be\nverifiable research documentation submitted by the applicant for\nsponsorship showing evidence of effectiveness comparable to that of the\nnational safety council's defensive driving course as determined by the\nc…

§ 399-g. Regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and\nregulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this\narticle. In addition to any requirements expressly authorized by this\narticle, such regulations may include but not be limited to requireme…

* § 399-k. Accident prevention course internet technology pilot\nprogram. The commissioner shall establish and implement a comprehensive\npilot program to review and study internet, and other technologies as\napproved by the commissioner, as a training method for the\nadministra…

* § 399-l. Application. Applicants for participation in the pilot\nprogram established pursuant to this article shall be among those\naccident prevention course sponsoring agencies that have a course\napproved by the commissioner pursuant to article twelve-B of this title\nand w…

* § 399-m. Pilot program scope and duration. The commissioner shall\nconduct a pilot program designed to evaluate utilizing internet, and\nother technologies as approved by the commissioner, for delivering\naccident prevention courses for point and insurance premium reduction\nb…

* § 399-n. Regulations. 1. The commissioner is authorized and directed\nto promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement the\nprovisions of this article and to insure that internet, and other\ntechnology as approved by the commissioner, delivered accident\npreventi…

* § 399-o. Report by commissioner. Within five years of the\nestablishment and implementation of this article, the commissioner shall\nreport to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the\nspeaker of the assembly on the accident prevention course internet, and\n…

* § 399-p. Pre-licensing course internet pilot program. The\ncommissioner shall establish and implement a comprehensive pilot program\nto review and study the use of the internet for the administration and\ncompletion of an approved pre-licensing course as required by\nsubparagr…

* § 399-q. Application. An applicant for participation in the pilot\nprogram established pursuant to this article shall be an approved\nsponsor of an internet accident prevention course, pursuant to article\ntwelve-C of this title, prior to the effective date of this article and…

* § 399-r. Regulations, fees and privacy. 1. The commissioner is\nauthorized and directed to promulgate any rules and regulations\nnecessary to implement the provisions of this article and to insure that\ninternet delivered pre-licensing courses as approved by the commissioner\n…

* § 399-s. Pilot program scope and duration. The commissioner shall\nconduct a pilot program designed to evaluate utilizing the internet for\ndelivering an approved pre-licensing course required by subparagraph (i)\nof paragraph (a) of subdivision four of section five hundred tw…

* § 399-t. Report by commissioner. No later than June first, two\nthousand twenty-five, the commissioner shall report to the governor, the\ntemporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the\npre-licensing course internet pilot program and its results. Such…