Source: https://www.nyaccidentlawyer.com/left-turn-collisions.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 16:49:13+00:00

Document:
"The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection... shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close as to constitute an immediate hazard."
§ 1163: Turning Movements: (a) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection... or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course... unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety..."
§ 4-03(a)(1)(i): "Vehicular traffic facing such signals (green) may proceed straight through or turn right or left... But vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right of way to other vehicles within the intersection at the time the signal is exhibited."
See also, VTL §1160(b). Further, VTL §1163(a) provides "no person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection... unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety." See further, VTL §1146 where "every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any [vehicle] upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary." Further, New York Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1163(a) that provides "no person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection... unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety."
See, Comments under New York Pattern Jury Instructions § 2:79, that "the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at a green traffic signal must yield the right of way to any oncoming traffic within the intersection or so close as to constitute an immediate hazard."
The Appellate Division's stance regarding failure to yield the right-of-way cannot be clearer. A pedestrian / bicyclist struck by a vehicle that was making a left hand turn who failed to yield the right-of-way to a person lawfully within the intersection establishes a prima facie case against the operator of said vehicle because he proceeded into the intersection when it was unsafe to do so, or failed to observe the approach of the pedestrian / bicyclist in violation of that driver's duty to see that which is there to be seen.

References: § 1163

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 §1160
 §1163
 §1146
 § 1163
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