New York Vehicle & Traffic Law Article 33 - MISCELLANEOUS RULES
- 1210 - Unattended Motor Vehicle.
(a) No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition,...
- 1211 - Limitations on Backing.
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic....
- 1212 - Reckless Driving.
Reckless driving shall mean driving or using any motor vehicle, motorcycle or any other vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power or any...
- 1213 - Obstruction to Driver's View or Driving Mechanism.
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such number of persons...
- 1214 - Opening and Closing Vehicle Doors.
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to...
- 1215 - Driving on Mountain Highways.
The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold such motor vehicle under control and as near...
- 1216 - Coasting Prohibited.
The driver of any motor vehicle when traveling upon a down grade shall not coast with the gears of such vehicle in neutral, nor with...
- 1217 - Following Emergency Fire Vehicles Prohibited.
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any authorized emergency fire vehicle in the same lane or an...
- 1218 - Crossing Fire Hose.
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street or private driveway, to be used...
- 1219 - Putting Glass or Other Injurious Substances on Highway Prohibited.
(a) No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, snow or any other substance likely to...
- 1220 - Throwing Refuse on Highways and Adjacent Lands Prohibited.
(a) No person shall throw, dump, deposit or place, or cause to be thrown, dumped, deposited or placed upon any highway, or within the limits...
- 1220-a - Liability for Violation of a Local Law Prohibiting Unlawful Dumping in a City Having a Population of One Million or More.
1. In a city having a population of one million or more which has adopted a local law prohibiting unlawful dumping by any person, his...
- 1220-b - Unlawful Solicitation of Ground Transportation Services At an Airport.
1. No person shall unlawfully solicit ground transportation services at an airport. A person unlawfully solicits ground transportation services at an airport, when, at an...
- 1220-c - Work Permits for Work on State Highways.
Except in connection with the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or improvement of a state highway, no person shall work on a state highway without a work...
- 1221 - Driving Through Safety Zone Prohibited.
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone.
- 1222 - Persons Riding on Trucks.
1. No operator of any motor vehicle commonly known as an auto truck shall operate such auto truck, nor shall the owner thereof permit it...
- 1223 - Lights on Vehicles Used for Transportation of Passengers.
Unless otherwise governed by the provisions of this chapter, every vehicle used for the transportation of ten or more passengers upon the public highways, such...
- 1223-a - School Buses; Required Identification.
All school buses, as defined in section one hundred forty-two of this chapter, purchased, leased or acquired on or after September first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven...
- 1224 - Abandoned Vehicles.
1. A motor vehicle shall be deemed to be an abandoned vehicle if left unattended (a) with no number plates affixed thereto, for more than...
- 1225 - Avoiding Intersection or Traffic-Control Device.
No person shall drive across or upon a sidewalk, driveway, parking lot or private property, or otherwise drive off a roadway, in order to avoid...
- 1225-a - Driving on Sidewalks.
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on or across a sidewalk, except that a vehicle may be driven at a reasonable speed, but not...
- 1225-b - Retail Sale of Frozen Desserts by Motor Vehicle; Restrictions.
1. No person operating a motor vehicle engaged in retail sales of frozen desserts as that term is defined in subdivision thirty-seven of section three...
- 1225-c - Use of Mobile Telephones.
1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall mean: (a) "Mobile telephone" shall mean the device used by subscribers and other users of...
- 1225-d - Use of Portable Electronic Devices.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall operate a motor vehicle while using any portable electronic device while such vehicle is...
- 1226 - Control of Steering Mechanism.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle without having at least one hand or, in the case of a physically handicapped person, at least one...
- 1227 - Consumption or Possession of Alcoholic Beverages in Certain Motor Vehicles.
1. The drinking of alcoholic beverages, or the possession of an open container containing an alcoholic beverage, in a motor vehicle located upon the public...
- 1228 - Riding in House Coach Trailers.
No person shall drive a vehicle on a public highway while drawing a house coach trailer occupied by any person and no person shall occupy...
- 1229 - Sign Required on Privately-Owned Vehicle Used in Delivery of Mail.
1. Every person operating a privately-owned vehicle in delivering the United States mail to the addressee thereof shall affix to such vehicle a white sign,...
- 1229-a - Pedestrians, Animals, and Non-Motorized Vehicles Prohibited on State Expressway Highways or State Interstate Route Highways Including the Entrances Th
1229-a. Pedestrians, animals, and non-motorized vehicles prohibited on state expressway highways or state interstate route highways including the entrances thereto and exits therefrom. No person,...
- 1229-b - Operation of School, Camp and Charter Omnibuses With Passengers Standing Prohibited.
1. When the number of passengers is greater than the number of seats available, it shall be unlawful to operate a camp or charter omnibus...
- 1229-c - Operation of Vehicles With Safety Seats and Safety Belts.
* 1. No person shall operate a motor vehicle in this state unless: (a) all back seat passengers of such vehicle under the age of...
- 1229-d - School Bus Attendant.
(1) "School bus attendant" shall mean a person employed or authorized by a school district to ride on a school bus as defined in paragraph...
Last modified: February 3, 2019