New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter H - Classification Of Vehicles And Regulation Of Nonvehicular Devices › Part 102 - Limited Use Vehicles › Section 102.10 - Low speed vehicles

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) A
low speed vehicle
is defined by Vehicle and Traffic Law,
				  section 121-f as a limited use automobile which has a maximum performance speed
				  of greater than 20 miles an hour, but not greater than 25 miles an hour, or a
				  truck which has a maximum performance speed of greater than 20 miles an hour,
				  but not greater than 25 miles an hour and whose gross vehicle weight rating
				  (GVWR) is less than 3,000 pounds. All such vehicles shall comply with the
				  safety standards established in Federal Regulation
				  49 CFR
				  571.500. No person shall operate a low speed
				  vehicle on any public highway with a speed limit in excess of 35 miles per
				  hour; a low speed vehicle may cross a public highway with a speed limit in
				  excess of 35 miles per hour where such highway intersects with a highway with a
				  speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less. In the interest of public safety, a
				  local authority or the Department of Transportation may prohibit low speed
				  vehicles from designated highways.
(b)
Equipment.
(1) Low speed vehicles are required to be
				  equipped in the same manner as a motor vehicle registered pursuant to Vehicle
				  and Traffic Law, section 401(6) (passenger automobile), provided, however, that
				  low speed vehicles are not required to have the following equipment:
-bumpers (required by Vehicle and Traffic Law, §
					 375[48]);
-padded equipment (required by Part 55 of this
					 Title);
-parking lamps; and
-odometers are required, but need not be tamper resistant
					 (as required by Part 60 of this Title).
(2) Mufflers and exhaust systems are required
				  equipment on low speed vehicles, unless a low speed vehicle is powered solely
				  by electric power.
(3)
(i) Headlamps shall be approved for highway
				  use in New York State pursuant to one of the following standards and
				  appropriately marked to show compliance:
(a)
				  standards established in Federal Regulation
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				  CFR 571.108 Table III Required Motor Vehicle
				  Lighting Equipment and Table IV Location of Required Equipment;
(b) standards established in Federal
				  Regulation
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				  CFR 571.108 Figure 32 -Motorcycle and
				  Motor-Driven Cycle Headlamp Photometric Requirements. Two lamps are required,
				  one on each side of the vehicle centerline, as far apart as practicable, and at
				  a height of not less than 22, nor more than 54 inches from the ground. The
				  headlamp system need only comply with a low beam function; or
(c) standards established in section
				  6.8.1
				  "Head Lamps" of SAE standard J2358 for low speed vehicles.
(ii) Any headlamp that is not properly marked
				  shall be certified as meeting one of the performance standards set forth in
				  subparagraph (i) of this paragraph. Certification may be accomplished by
				  contacting Automotive Manufacturers Equipment Compliance Agency, Inc.,
				  (A.M.E.C.A.), 1101-15th Street, NW, Suite 607, Washington, DC 20005-5020,
				  telephone: (202) 898-0145, facsimile: (202) 898-0148,
www.ameca.org
, P.O. Box 76960, National
				  Capitol Station, Washington, DC 20013-6960.
(4) Any other lighting equipment that is not
				  properly marked shall be certified by the Automotive Manufacturers Equipment
				  Compliance Agency, Inc. (A.M.E.C.A.) as meeting the performance standards
				  established in Federal Regulation
				  49
				  CFR 571.108 Table III Required Motor Vehicle
				  Lighting Equipment and Table IV Location of Required Equipment.
(5) Reflex reflectors may be used in lieu of
				  required side marker lamps. Reflex reflectors shall be manufactured in
				  compliance with the safety standards established in Federal Regulation
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				  CFR 571.108 Table III Required Motor Vehicle
				  Lighting Equipment. Side lighting or reflex reflectors shall be located in
				  compliance with the standards established in Federal Regulation
				  49
				  CFR 571.108 Table IV Location of Required
				  Equipment.