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NY Veh & Traf L § 143 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 143 - Semitrailer.

§ 143. Semitrailer.    Any  trailer  which  is  so  designed that when   operated the forward end of its body or chassis rests upon the  body  or   chassis of the towing vehicle.
NY Veh & Traf L § 143-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 143-A - Shoulder.

§ 143-a. Shoulder.  That improved portion of a highway contiguous with   the roadway.
NY Veh & Traf L § 144 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 144 - Sidewalk.

§ 144. Sidewalk.   That portion of a street between the curb lines, or   the lateral lines  of  a  roadway,  and  the  adjacent  property  lines,   intended for the use of pedestrians.
NY Veh & Traf L § 144-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 144-A - Slope.

§ 144-a. Slope. That portion of a highway exclusive of the roadway and   shoulder.
NY Veh & Traf L § 144-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 144-B - Snow Emergency.

§ 144-b. Snow  emergency.  A determination made by the official having   jurisdiction of a  highway  that,  because  of  existing  or  forecasted   weather  conditions,  pursuant  to  section  sixteen hundred twenty-one,   sixteen hundred forty, sixteen hundred fifty or sixteen hundred sixty of   this chapter, traffic shall be regulated in accordance with section  one   hundred forty-five-c of this article.
NY Veh & Traf L § 145 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 145 - Stand or Standing.

§ 145. Stand  or  standing.   Means the stopping of a vehicle, whether   occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while   actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
NY Veh & Traf L § 145-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 145-A - State Expressway Routes.

§ 145-a. State  expressway  routes.    Those  highways  specified  and   described as such pursuant to  section  three  hundred  forty-c  of  the   highway law.
NY Veh & Traf L § 145-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 145-B - State Interstate Routes.

§ 145-b. State  interstate  routes.    Those  highways  specified  and   described as such pursuant to  section  three  hundred  forty-a  of  the   highway law.
NY Veh & Traf L § 145-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 145-C - Snow Emergency Route.

§ 145-c. Snow  emergency  route.  A  street or highway designated as a   snow emergency route by the state or  municipality  having  jurisdiction   over  such street or highway upon which no vehicle shall operate without   snow tires and/or tire chains when a snow emergency has been declared by   the  state  or  municipality  having  jurisdiction  thereof.  Each  snow   emergency  route  shall  be  posted in accordance with the provisions of   article forty-four of this chapter. The provisions of this section shall   not apply to signs installed and operative prior to the  date  on  which   this  section  takes  effect,  provided, however, that the provisions of   this section shall apply to signs replaced on and after such date.
NY Veh & Traf L § 145-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 145-D - Definition of Snow Tire.

§ 145-d. Definition  of  snow  tire. Snow tires shall include tires in   which the ply cords extending to the beads are nearly at right angles to   the center line of the tread commonly referred to as  radial  tires  and   the  commissioner  shall  promulgate  rules and regulations defining the   term snow tire with respect to non-radial tires. No person  whose  motor   vehicle  is  equipped  with  radial  tires or tires which conform to the   definition promulgated by the commissioner shall  be  prosecuted  for  a   violation  of  any  local  law or ordinance requiring the equipping of a   motor vehicle with  snow  tires  during  any  period  of  declared  snow   emergency.
NY Veh & Traf L § 145-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 145-E - Stinger-Steered Automobile Transporter.

§ 145-e. Stinger-steered   automobile   transporter.   An   automobile   transporter configured as a semitrailer combination  wherein  the  fifth   wheel  is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rear-most   axle of the power unit.
NY Veh & Traf L § 145-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 145-F - Stinger-Steered Boat Transporter.

§   145-f.   Stinger-steered  boat  transporter.  A  boat  transporter   configured as a semitrailer  combination  wherein  the  fifth  wheel  is   located  on  a drop frame located behind and below the rear-most axle of   the power unit.
NY Veh & Traf L § 146 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 146 - Stop.

§ 146. Stop.  When required means complete cessation from movement.
NY Veh & Traf L § 147 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 147 - Stop or Stopping.

§ 147. Stop  or  stopping.    When  prohibited  means any halting even   momentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary   to  avoid  conflict  with  other  traffic  or  in  compliance  with  the   directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal.
NY Veh & Traf L § 148 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 148 - Street.

§ 148. Street.    The entire width between the boundary lines of every   way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of  the   public for purposes of vehicular travel.
NY Veh & Traf L § 148-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 148-A - Taxicab.

§ 148-a. Taxicab.  Every  motor vehicle, other than a bus, used in the   business of transporting passengers for compensation,  and  operated  in   such  business  under  a  license or permit issued by a local authority.   However, it shall not  include  vehicles  which  are  rented  or  leased   without a driver.
NY Veh & Traf L § 148-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 148-B - Tow Truck.

§ 148-b. Tow  truck.  A motor vehicle that tows or carries a disabled,   illegally parked or abandoned motor vehicle or a motor vehicle  involved   in an accident.
NY Veh & Traf L § 149 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 149 - Through Highway.

§ 149. Through  highway.    Every  highway or portion thereof on which   vehicular traffic is  given  preferential  right  of  way,  and  at  the   entrances  to  which  vehicular  traffic  from  intersecting highways is   controlled by traffic-control signals or is required by law to yield the   right of way to vehicles on such  through  highway  in  obedience  to  a   flashing  red  signal, a stop sign or a yield sign, when such signals or   signs are erected as provided in this chapter.
NY Veh & Traf L § 151-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 151-A - Tractor.

§ 151-a. Tractor.  A motor vehicle designed and used as the power unit   in combination with a semitrailer or trailer, or two  such  trailers  in   tandem.  Any  such  motor  vehicle  shall  not carry cargo except that a   tractor and semitrailer engaged in the transportation of automobiles may   transport motor vehicles on part of the power unit.
NY Veh & Traf L § 152 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 152 - Traffic.

§ 152. Traffic.    Pedestrians,  ridden  or  herded animals, vehicles,   bicycles, and other conveyances either singly or  together  while  using   any highway for purposes of travel.
NY Veh & Traf L § 153 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 153 - Traffic Control Devices.

§ 153. Traffic  control  devices.    All signs, signals, markings, and   devices  not  inconsistent  with  this  chapter  placed  or  erected  by   authority  of  a  public  body  or  official having jurisdiction for the   purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
NY Veh & Traf L § 154 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 154 - Traffic-Control Signal.

§ 154. Traffic-control   signal.      Any  device,  whether  manually,   electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is  alternately   directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
NY Veh & Traf L § 156 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 156 - Trailer.

§ 156. Trailer.    Any vehicle not propelled by its own power drawn on   the public highways by a motor vehicle as defined in section one hundred   twenty-five operated thereon,  except  motorcycle  side  cars,  vehicles   being  towed  by a non-rigid support and vehicles designed and primarily   used for other purposes and only occasionally  drawn  by  such  a  motor   vehicle.
NY Veh & Traf L § 157 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 157 - Trolley Bus or Trolley Coach.

§ 157. Trolley  bus  or trolley coach.  Any motor vehicle not operated   on rails or tracks which is propelled by electric  power  received  from   overhead  trolley wires and which is operated by a person or corporation   subject to the jurisdiction of the public service  commission,  pursuant   to  local  consent  and  a  certificate,  permission  and  approval,  or   authority granted by the commission.
NY Veh & Traf L § 158 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 158 - Truck.

§ 158. Truck.    Every  motor  vehicle  designed,  used, or maintained   primarily for the transportation of property.
NY Veh & Traf L § 158-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 158-A - U Turn.

§ 158-a. U  turn.  Any  turn executed so as to proceed in the opposite   direction.
NY Veh & Traf L § 158-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 158-B - Vanpool Vehicle.

§ 158-b. Vanpool  vehicle. Any motor vehicle which is manufactured and   equipped in such manner as to provide a seating  capacity  of  not  less   than  six  and  not  more  than  fifteen  passengers, in addition to the   driver,  and  which  is  owned  by,  or  leased  to,  a  person,   firm,   corporation, association, municipality or public authority in this state   to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  vanpooling,  which  shall  mean the   prearranged transport of persons to and from their places of  employment   or  other destinations on a regular daily basis provided that any moneys   paid by the passengers to the vanpool vehicle owner, lessee or  operator   are  solely for the recovery of some or all expenses related directly to   the transport of the passengers, including tolls,  fuel,  insurance  and   depreciation, on a non-profit basis.
NY Veh & Traf L § 159 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 159 - Vehicle.

§ 159. Vehicle.    Every  device  in,  upon, or by which any person or   property is or may be  transported  or  drawn  upon  a  highway,  except   devices  moved  by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails   or tracks.
NY Veh & Traf L § 159-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 159-A - Waste Collection Vehicle.

§ 159-a. Waste collection vehicle. Any motor vehicle which is commonly   classified  as  a  garbage truck that is designed for and is used in the   collection of refuse and/or recyclable materials.
NY Veh & Traf L § 160 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 160 - Wheel Lift.

§  160.  Wheel  lift.  Any device that may be extended beyond the rear   bumper of a tow truck or car carrier for the purpose of  towing  another   vehicle. Such device may also be referred to as an "under lift".
NY Veh & Traf L § 161 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 1 - Words and Phrases Defined Article 1 - Words and Phrases Defined. 161 - Work Area.

§ 161. Work  area.  That  part of a highway being used or occupied for   the conduct of highway work, within which workers, vehicles,  equipment,   materials, supplies, excavations, or other obstructions are present.
NY Veh & Traf L § 202-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 202-B - Penalties for Submission of Dishonored Checks and Credit Card Payments.

§ 202-b. Penalties for submission of dishonored checks and credit card   payments.  (a)  A thirty-five dollar penalty fee shall be charged to any   person who has submitted a check to the commissioner or his or her agent   as payment for any license, permit or registration or any other type  of   fee  for  any  type  of transaction as required by this chapter and such   check has been dishonored. Such  thirty-five  dollar  penalty  shall  be   added  to  the  amount  due to the commissioner. In addition, any or all   licenses, permits or registrations issued in the name of such person may   be suspended and, if a suspension has been issued, any other transaction   in the name of such person with this department may be prohibited  until   full  satisfaction  of  the  amount  due  to  the  commissioner  and the   thirty-five dollar penalty fee is paid  to  the  commissioner.  No  such   suspension shall be issued until thirty days after notification that the   check  has  been dishonored is mailed to such person. If satisfaction is   made within thirty days from the date of mailing of  such  notification,   no suspension shall be issued. (b) In any case where a person has made a   credit  card  payment to the commissioner or his or her agent as payment   for any license, permit or registration or any other type of fee for any   type of transaction as required by this chapter, and  such  credit  card   payment  is contested and is not honored by the credit card company, any   other transaction in the name of such person with the department may  be   prohibited, upon at least thirty days notice, until full satisfaction of   the amount due to the commissioner has been paid.
NY Veh & Traf L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 203 - Oaths and Acknowledgments.

§ 203. Oaths  and acknowledgments. The commissioner of motor vehicles,   a deputy commissioner, an  assistant  deputy  commissioner  or  a  motor   vehicle referee shall have power to administer oaths and take affidavits   and  acknowledgments  in  relation  to  any  matter or proceeding in the   exercise of  the  powers  or  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  the   commissioner  under  this  chapter.  Any  officer  or  employee  of  the   department of  motor  vehicles,  designated  for  that  purpose  by  the   commissioner  of  motor  vehicles, or any assistant to a county clerk as   may be designated by such county clerk, shall have  power  to  take  any   affidavit  or  acknowledgment  which any person is required to file with   the department of motor vehicles.
NY Veh & Traf L § 204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 204 - Subpoenaing Hearing Referees.

§ 204. Subpoenaing  hearing  referees.  No  officer or employee of the   department of motor vehicles who has conducted a hearing  concerning  an   owner  or operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle shall be required to   appear in any court as a witness in a civil action in which  such  owner   or  operator  is a party except pursuant to a subpoena signed by a judge   of a court of record, or a judge of the court in  which  the  action  is   pending,  issued  upon an application to such judge after, at least, one   day's notice to the commissioner  or  a  deputy  commissioner  of  motor   vehicles.
NY Veh & Traf L § 206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 206 - Deputization of Agents.

§ 206. Deputization   of   agents.   The   commissioner  may,  in  his   discretion, deputize any person to act for the commissioner, subject  to   rules  and  limitations prescribed by him, for the purpose of issuing or   renewing licenses, registrations and number plates.  Any  such  license,   registration  or  number  plate so issued or renewed shall be subject to   cancellation by the commissioner, if improperly  issued.  Such  deputies   shall not receive compensation from the state under this section, and no   fee  in  addition  to  the  fees  prescribed by law shall be charged any   applicant unless such fee has been approved  by  the  commissioner.  The   commissioner  may,  without  a hearing, revoke at any time the authority   granted to any person under this section.
NY Veh & Traf L § 207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 207 - Uniform Traffic Summons and Complaint.

§ 207. Uniform  traffic  summons and complaint. 1. Except as otherwise   provided, the commissioner shall be authorized to prescribe the form  of   summons  and  complaint  in  all  cases  involving  a  violation  of any   provision of this chapter, including section twelve hundred three-c,  or   of  any provision of the tax law or of the transportation law regulating   traffic, or of any ordinance, rule or regulation  relating  to  traffic,   and  to establish procedures for proper administrative controls over the   disposition thereof. The commissioner is not authorized to prescribe the   form  of  summons  and  complaint  for  parking,  stopping  or  standing   violations  or a violation of article forty-seven or forty-eight of this   chapter.2. The chief executive officer of each local  police  force  including   county,  town,  city  and  village police departments, sheriffs, and the   superintendent of state police shall prepare or  cause  to  be  prepared   such records and reports as may be prescribed hereunder.3.  The  commissioner  shall have the power from time to time to adopt   such rules and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  accomplish  the   purposes   and   enforce   the  provisions  of  this  section  including   requirements for reporting by  trial  courts  having  jurisdiction  over   traffic violations.4.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to or supersede any   ordinance, rule or regulation heretofore or hereafter made,  adopted  or   prescribed  pursuant  to  law  in  any  city  having a population of one   million or over, and the commissioner may limit the application  of  any   rule or regulation to exclude specified violations based upon conditions   or  factors  making differentiation or separate classification necessary   or desirable.5. Any  person  who  disposes  of  any  uniform  traffic  summons  and   complaint  in  any  manner  other  than  that prescribed by law shall be   guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Veh & Traf L § 208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 208 - Affirmation of Complaints.

§ 208. Affirmation  of  complaints.  Where  a traffic summons has been   served by a police officer, police cadet or bridge and  tunnel  officers   employed  by  the  triborough  bridge  and  tunnel authority in cases of   violations of any provision of this chapter, except title eleven, or  of   any  ordinance,  rule or regulation enacted pursuant thereto or pursuant   to any other law relating to traffic, any chief, deputy chief,  captain,   lieutenant  or  acting  lieutenant,  or sergeant or acting sergeant of a   police department, or any sheriff, undersheriff,  chief  deputy,  deputy   sergeant  or deputy in charge of a road patrol maintained by any sheriff   in any county to whom the service of the traffic summons is reported, is   hereby authorized to administer to such police officer, police cadet  or   bridge  and  tunnel officer employed by the triborough bridge and tunnel   authority all necessary oaths in connection with the  execution  of  the   complaint  to be presented in court by such police officer, police cadet   or bridge and tunnel officer  employed  by  the  triborough  bridge  and   tunnel  authority  in  the  prosecution of such offense, but a complaint   need not be verified provided it shall  be  affirmed  under  penalty  of   perjury.
NY Veh & Traf L § 209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 209 - Bureau of Motor Vehicles Abolished; Transfer of Functions; Officers and Employees.

§ 209. Bureau  of  motor  vehicles  abolished;  transfer of functions;   officers and employees. The bureau of motor vehicles in  the  department   of  taxation  and finance is hereby abolished. The functions, powers and   duties of the bureau of motor vehicles in the department of taxation and   finance are hereby assigned to the department of  motor  vehicles.  Each   deputy commissioner in the bureau of motor vehicles in the department of   taxation  and finance shall continue in office as deputy commissioner in   the department of motor vehicles and shall serve during the pleasure  of   the  commissioner. All civil service employees in the existing bureau of   motor vehicles in the department of taxation and finance, in service  at   the  time  this  section  takes effect, shall retain their present civil   service classification and be transferred to  the  department  of  motor   vehicles   without  further  examination  or  classification,  and  such   employees shall perform such duties therein as may be assigned  to  them   by the commissioner.