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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 100 Definition of words and phrases
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§ 100. Definition of words and phrases. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article except where another definition is specifically provided in any title, articl…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 100-A Access highway
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§ 100-a. Access highway. Any highway providing access between a qualifying highway, as defined in section one hundred thirty-four-a of this article, and terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest and, in addition, for points of loading and unloading for household go…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 100-B Ambulance
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§ 100-b. Ambulance. Every motor vehicle designed, appropriately equipped and used for the purpose of carrying sick or injured persons by a person or entity registered or certified as an ambulance service by the department of health.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 100-C Articulated bus
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§ 100-c. Articulated bus. A two unit bus with a flexible coupling connection between the units.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 100-D Agricultural equipment
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§ 100-d. Agricultural equipment. Every agricultural tractor, self-propelled implement of husbandry, and towed, mounted or semi-mounted implement of husbandry. "Implement of husbandry" shall mean a vehicle designed or adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural or livesto…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 101 Authorized emergency vehicle
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§ 101. Authorized emergency vehicle. Every ambulance, police vehicle\nor bicycle, correction vehicle, fire vehicle, civil defense emergency\nvehicle, emergency ambulance service vehicle, blood delivery vehicle,\nhuman organ delivery vehicle, county emergency medical services veh…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 101-A Automobile transporter
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§ 101-a. Automobile transporter. Any vehicle combination designed and used specifically for the transport of assembled (capable of being driven) motor vehicles.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 101-B Boat transporter
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§ 101-b. Boat transporter. Any vehicle combination designed and used specifically for the transport of boats.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 101-C B-train assembly
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§ 101-c. B-train assembly. A rigid frame extension attached to the rear frame of the first semitrailer, in a tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination of vehicles, which allows for a fifth wheel connection point for the second semitrailer.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 102 Bicycle
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§ 102. Bicycle. Every two or three wheeled device upon which a person or persons may ride, propelled by human power through a belt, a chain or gears, with such wheels in a tandem or tricycle, except that it shall not include such a device having solid tires and intended for use …
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 102-A Bicycle lane
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§ 102-a. Bicycle lane. A portion of the roadway which has been designated by striping, signing and pavement markings for the preferential or exclusive use of bicycles.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 102-B Bicycle path
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§ 102-b. Bicycle path. A path physically separated from motorized vehicle traffic by an open space or barrier and either within the highway right-of-way or within an independent right-of-way and which is intended for the use of bicycles.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 102-C Bicycle with electric assist
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§ 102-c. Bicycle with electric assist. A bicycle which is no more than thirty-six inches wide and has an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts, equipped with operable pedals, meeting the equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the Consume…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 103 Bureau
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§ 103. Bureau. The department of motor vehicles of this state acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 104 Bus
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§ 104. Bus. Every motor vehicle having a seating capacity of fifteen or more passengers in addition to the driver and used for the transportation of persons.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 105 Business district
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§ 105. Business district. The territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any six hundred feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks, or office buildings, railroad stations, a…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 105-A Car carrier
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§ 105-a. Car carrier. A truck that is designed to carry one to three motor vehicles on a flat platform that slides or tilts to the ground to facilitate loading and unloading of such motor vehicles and to tow an additional motor vehicle behind it by the use of a wheel lift. For t…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 105-B Certificate of registration
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§ 105-b. Certificate of registration. Any document or other indicia of registration, other than number plates or tags required to be affixed to such number plates or to the vehicle itself, in a form and name prescribed by the commissioner, which identifies the vehicle described …
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 106 Circulatory roadway
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§ 106. Circulatory roadway. The roadway within a circular intersection on which traffic travels in a counterclockwise direction around a central island.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 106-A Civil defense emergency vehicle
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§ 106-a. Civil defense emergency vehicle. Every communications vehicle and rescue vehicle owned by the state, a county, town, city or village and operated for civil defense purposes and equipped and marked as a civil defense emergency communications or rescue vehicle in complian…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 107 Classes of cities
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§ 107. Classes of cities. (a) City of the first class. A city with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand or more. (b) City of the second class. A city with a population of fifty thousand and less than one hundred seventy-five thousand. (c) City of the third class. An…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 107-B Commercial towing
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§ 107-b. Commercial towing. The moving or removing of disabled, illegally parked, or abandoned motor vehicles or motor vehicles involved in accidents, by another motor vehicle, for which there is direct or indirect compensation. Commercial towing shall also include towing by a p…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 108 Commissioner
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§ 108. Commissioner. The commissioner of motor vehicles of this state.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 109 Controlled-access highway
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§ 109. Controlled-access highway. Every highway, street, or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public auth…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 109-A Correction vehicle
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§ 109-a. Correction vehicle. Every vehicle operated in the city of New York by the New York city department of correction or the New York state department of corrections and community supervision while engaged in an emergency operation.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 109-B County emergency medical services vehicle
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§ 109-b. County emergency medical services vehicle. Every vehicle operated by a county emergency medical services coordinator or deputy county emergency medical services coordinator appointed pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred twenty-three-b of the county law, whe…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 109-C Conviction
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§ 109-c. Conviction. Any conviction as defined in subdivision thirteen of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law; provided, however, where a conviction or administrative finding in this state or another state results in a mandatory sanction against a commercial driver's lice…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 110 Crosswalk
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§ 110. Crosswalk. (a) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway between the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, between the edges of the traversable roadway. (b) Any portion of …
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1100 Provisions of title refer to vehicles upon highways; exceptions
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§ 1100. Provisions of title refer to vehicles upon highways; exceptions. (a) The provisions of this title apply upon public highways, private roads open to public motor vehicle traffic and any other parking lot, except where a different place is specifically referred to in a giv…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1101 Required obedience to traffic laws
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§ 1101. Required obedience to traffic laws. It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this title with respect to particular offenses, it is a traffic infraction for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this title.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1102 Obedience to police officers and flagpersons
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§ 1102. Obedience to police officers and flagpersons. No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer or flagperson or other person duly empowered to regulate traffic.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1103 Public officers and employees to obey title; exceptions
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§ 1103. Public officers and employees to obey title; exceptions. (a) The provisions of this title applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall apply to drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state, or any county, city, town, distric…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1104 Authorized emergency vehicles
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§ 1104. Authorized emergency vehicles. (a) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when involved in an emergency operation, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, but subject to the conditions herein stated. (b) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicl…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1105 Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles
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§ 1105. Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles. Every person riding an animal or driving an animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehic…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 111 Curb
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§ 111. Curb. A vertical or sloping member along the edge of a roadway clearly defining the pavement edge.
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1110 Obedience to and required traffic-control devices
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§ 1110. Obedience to and required traffic-control devices. (a) Every person shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable to him placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, su…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111 Traffic-control signal indications
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§ 1111. Traffic-control signal indications. Whenever traffic is\ncontrolled by traffic-control signals, other than lane direction control\nsignal indications provided in section eleven hundred sixteen,\nexhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrows,\nsuccessivel…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-A Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-a. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, each city with a population of one million or more is hereby\nauthorized and empowered to adopt and amend a local law or ordinance…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-B Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-b. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the county of Nassau is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt\nand amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstration …
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-B*2 Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-b. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the city of Yonkers is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt\nand amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstration p…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-B*3 Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-b. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the county of Suffolk is hereby authorized and empowered to\nadopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstration…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-C Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with bus lane restrictions
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* § 1111-c. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with bus lane restrictions. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of New York is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a bus rapid transit program imposing monetary liability on the owner …
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-C-1 Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with bus operation-related traffic regulations
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* § 1111-c-1. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\nbus operation-related traffic regulations. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, the city of New York is hereby authorized and\nempowered to establish a demonstration program imposing monetary\nl…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-D Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-d. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the city of New Rochelle is hereby authorized and empowered to\nadopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstrat…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-D*2 Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-d. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the city of Mt. Vernon is hereby authorized and empowered to\nadopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstratio…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-D*3 Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-d. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the city of Albany is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt\nand amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstration pr…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-E Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-e. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the city of White Plains is hereby authorized and empowered to\nadopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstrat…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-F Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-f. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the village of Pelham Manor is hereby authorized and empowered\nto adopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonst…
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-G Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-g. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the city of Syracuse is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt\nand amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstration …
N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1111-G*2 Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with traffic-control indications
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* § 1111-g. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with\ntraffic-control indications. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision\nof law, the county of Westchester is hereby authorized and empowered to\nadopt and amend a local law or ordinance establishing a demonstra…