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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 54 - Protective Helmets, Goggles, Face Shields, Light Transmittance for Motor Vehicle Windows and Windshields and Wind Screens for Motorcycles › Wind Screens › Section 54.32 - Procedure for securing approval

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(a) A manufacturer desiring to secure
					 approval of protective goggles or face shields shall submit to the Commissioner
					 of Motor Vehicles, Albany, New York, postage prepaid, a test report certified
					 as required by this Part.
(b)
					 Approval shall be deemed to be granted upon the receipt by the Commissioner of
					 Motor Vehicles of a certificate of equipment approval issued by the Automotive
					 Manufacturers Equipment Compliance Agency, Inc. (AMECA), 1101 - 15th Street,
					 NW, Suite 607, Washington, DC 20005-5020 to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,
					 Bureau of Technical Assessment, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12228.
(c) The provisions of the American National
					 Standard Institute Z87.1 which have been incorporated by reference in this Part
					 have been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New
					 York, the publication so filed being the booklet entitled: American National
					 Standard, Occupational and Educational Personal Eye and Face Protection
					 Devices, ANSI Z87.1-2003, revised as of August 2003, published by the American
					 Society of Safety Engineers. The provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations,
					 title 49, parts 571.205 and 571.218, revised as of October 1, 2003, published
					 by the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access, have also been
					 incorporated by reference and have been filed with the Secretary of the State
					 of New York. The standard and regulations incorporated by reference may be
					 examined at the Office of the Department of State, One Commerce Plaza, 99
					 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12231, at the law libraries of the New York State
					 Supreme Court, the Legislative Library, the New York State Department of Motor
					 Vehicles, Office of Counsel, 6 Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12228. The
					 standard may be purchased from the American Society of Safety Engineers, 1800
					 East Oakton Street, Des Plaines, IL 60018- 2187. Copies of the Code of Federal
					 Regulations are also available at many public libraries and bar association
					 libraries.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 54 - Protective Helmets, Goggles, Face Shields, Light Transmittance for Motor Vehicle Windows and Windshields and Wind Screens for Motorcycles › Wind Screens › Section 54.33 - Changes in approval requirements

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The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, at his discretion,
						reserves the right to alter or change the requirements specifications or to
						require additional or supplementary tests at any time. The commissioner further
						reserves the right to require the manufacturer to furnish without cost a
						reasonable number of samples selected by the commissioner from manufacturers',
						distributors', or retailers' stock for verification reports. The cost of
						verification tests shall be borne by the manufacturer. If any such report
						discloses any unapprovable deviation from the standards upon which the approval
						was based, the commissioner may, upon due notice to the manufacturer, revoke
						the approval. Approval may be withdrawn at any time and for any cause deemed
						reasonable by the commissioner or the commissioner may require new approvals
						any time he may deem necessary or reasonable.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 54 - Protective Helmets, Goggles, Face Shields, Light Transmittance for Motor Vehicle Windows and Windshields and Wind Screens for Motorcycles › Wind Screens › Section 54.34 - Repealed

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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 54 - Protective Helmets, Goggles, Face Shields, Light Transmittance for Motor Vehicle Windows and Windshields and Wind Screens for Motorcycles › Wind Screens › Section 54.40 - Light Transmittance Standards for Motor Vehicle Windows and Windshields

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(a) The front
					 windshield below the top 6 inches shall not have a light transmittance of less
					 than 70 percent for 1992 and newer vehicles or 35 percent light transmittance
					 for 1991 and older vehicles.
(b)
					 The windows on either side forward or adjacent to the driver's seating position
					 shall not have a light transmittance of less than 70 percent for 1992 and newer
					 vehicles or 35 percent light transmittance for 1991 and older
					 vehicles.
(c) Any rear side
					 windows in a 1992 or newer vehicle shall not have a light transmittance of less
					 than 70 percent if the vehicle is classified as a station wagon, sedan,
					 hardtop, coupe, hatchback or convertible. A vehicle is so classified if it is
					 labeled "Passenger Car" on the Federal ID label found on the left front door
					 panel.
(d) For vehicles that are
					 not equipped with a side-view mirror on both sides of the vehicle, the rear
					 windshield shall not have a light transmittance of less than 70 percent for
					 1992 and newer vehicles or 35 percent light transmittance for 1991 and older
					 vehicles.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 55 - Padded Equipment › Section 55.1 - Definitions

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For the purpose of this Part, the following terms shall
					 have the following meanings:
(a)
				  Designated seating capacity. The number of designated seating positions
				  provided.
(b) Designated seating
				  position. Any plan view lateral location intended by the manufacturer to
				  provide seating accommodation for a person at least as large as a fifth
				  percentile adult female, except auxiliary seating accommodations such as
				  temporary or folding jump seats.
(c) Fifth percentile adult female. A person
				  possessing the dimensions and weight of the fifth percentile adult female
				  specified for the total age group in Public Health Service Publication No.
				  1000, Series 11, No. 8, Weight, Height and Selected Body Dimensions of
				  Adults.
(d) "H" point. The
				  mechanically hinged hip point of a manikin which simulates the actual pivot
				  center of the human torso and thigh, described in SAE Recommended Practice
				  J826, Manikins for Use in Defining Vehicle Seating Accommodations, November
				  1962.
(e) Head impact area. All
				  nonglazed surfaces of the interior of a vehicle that are statically contactable
				  by a 6.5-inch diameter spherical head form of a form of a measuring device
				  having a pivot point to "top-of-head" dimension infinitely adjustable from 29
				  to 33 inches in accordance with the following procedure, or its graphic
				  equivalent:
(1) At each designated seating
				  position, place the pivot point of the measuring device:
(i) for seats that are adjustable fore and
				  aft, at:
(a) the seating reference point;
				  and
(b) a point five inches
				  horizontally forward of the seating reference point and vertically above the
				  seating reference point, an amount equal to the rise which results from a
				  five-inch forward adjustment of the seat or 0.75 inch; and
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 55 - Padded Equipment › Section 55.2 - Specifications and requirements for padded instrument panels

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When that area of the instrument panel that is within the
					 head impact area is impacted by a 15-pound, 6.5 inch diameter head form at a
					 relative velocity of 15 miles per hour, the deceleration of the head form shall
					 not exceed 80g continuously for more than 3 milliseconds.
(a) Exceptions. This standard does not apply
				  to:
(1) console assemblies;
(2) areas less than 5 inches inboard from the
				  juncture of the instrument panel attachment to the body side inner
				  structure;
(3) areas closer to the
				  windshield juncture than those statically contactable by the head form with the
				  windshield in place;
(4) areas
				  outboard of any point of tangency on the instrument panel of a 6.5- inch
				  diameter head form tangent to an inboard of a verticle longitudinal plane
				  tangent to the inboard edge of the steering wheel; or
(5) areas below any point at which a vertical
				  line is tangent to the rearmost surface of the panel.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 55 - Padded Equipment › Section 55.3 - Specifications and requirements for padded visors and padded visor holders

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(a) Every motor
				  vehicle shall be equipped with two sun visors constructed of or covered with
				  energy-absorbing material.
(b) Each
				  sun visor holder or mounting shall present no rigid material edge radius of
				  less than 0.125 inch that is statically contactable by a spherical 6.5 inch
				  diameter head form.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 55 - Padded Equipment › Section 55.4 - Approval

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It shall not be necessary to submit samples to secure
					 formal approval of padded visors, visor holders and padded instrument panels
					 fom the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Any such padded visor, visor holder, or
					 padded instrument panel shall be deemed approved by the commissioner upon
					 receipt of a certificate from the manufacturer that such items of equipment
					 meet the standards and performance criteria of this regulation, or those
					 promulgated by the United States Department of Transportation. Manufacturers
					 shall conduct appropriate performance testing in a facility acceptable to the
					 commissioner to assure that such equipment meets the requirements of this
					 regulation. A report containing the performance data as demonstrated by such
					 testing shall be submitted to the department for review. The failure to submit
					 such report may result in cancellation of the approval of such equipment in
					 this State.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 55 - Padded Equipment › Section 55.5 - Effective date

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This regulation shall take effect immediately and shall
					 apply to all passenger cars manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1968.
					 These regulations shall take effect with respect to other motor vehicles when
					 the United States Department of Transportation, pursuant to the National
					 Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, promulgates identical standards for such
					 vehicles.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.1 - Introduction

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Section 220  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law
					 authorizes the commissioner to permit the installation and use of equipment
					 which he determines will reduce accidents, injuries and fatalities or otherwise
					 contribute to highway safety, notwithstanding any other provision of law. The
					 commissioner is further authorized to establish standards for the manufacture
					 and use of any equipment for which such an exemption is granted. Equipment
					 specified in the following sections of this Part has been determined by the
					 commissioner to contribute to highway safety, and the exemptions specified are
					 granted to such equipment, subject to any standards specified therein.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.2 - Back-up warning devices

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Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 26 of section 375  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, the use
					 of a device attached to a vehicle for the purpose of providing an audible
					 warning when the vehicle is backing shall be permitted, even though the audible
					 warning may consist of a gong or a bell sound. Any such device shall only be
					 permitted to be sounded while the vehicle is backing.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.4 - Safety bumpers on buses

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(a)
				  Notwithstanding subdivision 3 of section 385  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, buses
				  may exceed the legal length limitation by up to one foot in the front and up to
				  one foot in the rear if the overage is caused solely by safety
				  bumpers.
(b) A safety bumper is
				  defined as a device which may be fitted on an existing bumper on which is the
				  bumper and which is so designed and constructed that its primary purpose is to
				  absorb energy in event of a crash.
(c) Nothing in this Part shall be construed
				  as allowing the body of a bus, excluding safety bumpers, to exceed the length
				  limit set by section 385  of the Vehicle and Traffic
				  Law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.5 - High-backed padded seats on buses

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Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 3 of section 385  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, a bus
					 subject to a length limitation of 35 feet, and which is required to be equipped
					 with, and is equipped with, seats at least 28 inches in height with padded
					 backs in accordance with paragraph 3-a of subdivision 17 of section 142  of the Transportation Law, may exceed
					 such length limitation by 41/2 inches for each row of seats with such padded
					 backs in such bus, except that no such bus shall exceed 40 feet in total
					 length.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.6 - Retrofitted side steps on buses

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Notwithstanding Part 43 of this Chapter, a bus to which a
					 step has been added to aid passengers in boarding or alighting from the
					 vehicle, and which step causes the bus to become 80 inches or more in width,
					 need not be equipped with front or rear identification lamps or clearance
					 lamps, provided that:
(a) the bus does
				  not exceed 84 inches in width;
(b)
				  attached to the step and facing oncoming traffic is a clear, white or colorless
				  class A reflex reflector of at least three square inches in size; and
(c) attached to the step and facing following
				  traffic is an amber class A reflex reflector of at least three square inches in
				  size.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.7 - Width exemption

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(a) Safety
				  appurtenances include, but are not limited to rear view mirrors, turn signal
				  lamps, hand holds, door handles, door latches, cables, chain binders, cable
				  hooks, drip rails, awning rails, drip caps, rub rails, grab rails, electrical
				  receptacles, pin pockets, bumper guards, window louvers, window frames, exhaust
				  fans, lifting eyes, portable beds, load induced tire bulge, back-up beepers and
				  safety sensor devices.
(b)
				  Notwithstanding section 385 (1)(a)  of the Vehicle
				  and Traffic Law, a commercial vehicle or a bus, other than a school bus, may
				  exceed 102 inches in width by up to 3 inches on either or both sides (6 inches
				  total) if the extra width is caused by safety appurtenances.
(c) Notwithstanding section 385 (1)(d)  of the Vehicle
				  and Traffic Law, a school bus may exceed 98 inches in width by up to 3 inches
				  on either or both sides (6 inches total) if the extra width is caused by safety
				  appurtenances.
(d) If a city has
				  acted under the authority of Vehicle and Traffic Law, section
				  385(1)(e), to limit the
				  width of buses which operate wholly within such city, such local law shall
				  supersede this regulation.
(e)
				  Nothing contained herein shall be construed as allowing the main body of a
				  commercial vehicle or a bus to exceed the width limits set for it in the
				  Vehicle and Traffic Law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.8 - Caution arms on vehicles used for selling frozen desserts

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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of
				  section 385  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, vehicles
				  used for selling frozen desserts may exceed the legal width limitation of 8
				  feet by up to 18 inches if the overage is caused solely by a caution arm which
				  conforms to Part 69 of these regulations.
(b) Nothing in this Part shall be construed
				  as allowing the body of a vehicle used for selling frozen desserts, excluding a
				  caution arm, to exceed the width limit set by section 385  of the Vehicle and Traffic
				  Law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.9 - Front crossing control arms on certain school buses

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(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of
				  sections 375 and
				  385  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, the use
				  of a front crossing control arm shall be permitted on school buses painted
				  national school bus chrome.
(b) A
				  front crossing control arm shall only be activated while the vehicle is stopped
				  and engaged in picking up or discharging pupils and shall be used only in
				  accordance with the directions of the Commissioner of Education.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.10 - Length exemptions

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(a)
				  Notwithstanding section 385 (3)(b)  of the Vehicle
				  and Traffic Law, a trailer or semitrailer which is the middle vehicle in a
				  three vehicle combination of vehicles may exceed the statutory length limit of
				  281/2 feet if the excess length is caused solely by a platform and related
				  supports which serve to hold a fifth wheel to which a semitrailer is attached.
				  Nothing contained herein shall be construed as permitting the cargo capacity of
				  such trailer or semitrailer to exceed 28 1/2 feet in length. Nothing contained
				  herein shall be construed as permitting such trailer or semitrailer, including
				  the fifth wheel assembly designed to accommodate a three vehicle combination,
				  to exceed 48 feet in length, or 53 feet in length if qualified under Vehicle
				  and Traffic Law section 385(3)(e).
(b) Notwithstanding section 385 (3) or (4)  of the
				  Vehicle and Traffic Law, any vehicle with a maximum gross weight of 10,000
				  pounds or more, any combination of vehicles, and any school bus regardless of
				  weight or seating capacity may exceed the statutory length limit by up to one
				  foot in the front or rear or both if the overage is caused by a closed circuit
				  television camera connected to a monitor which gives the driver a better view
				  of the road immediately to the front or rear of the vehicle. Nothing contained
				  herein shall be construed as permitting the main body of such vehicle to exceed
				  the statutory length limit.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 56 - Safety Equipment Exemptions › Section 56.12 - School bus strobe light

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(a) One
				  white class 2 strobe light may be affixed to a school bus, as defined in
				  section 142  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, not
				  including vehicles registered as school cars. Such strobe light must comply
				  with Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard SAE J1318, dated May
				  1998.
(b) Location of strobe light.
				  The strobe light shall be located on the center line of the bus roof as close
				  as possible to one third of the roof length forward from the rear of the bus.
				  The height of the bus, including such light, shall not exceed 13 feet, 6 inches
				  above the ground.
(c) Operation.
				  The strobe light shall be operated by a master switch with a pilot light
				  visible to the operator. The pilot light shall illuminate when the strobe light
				  is operating. The strobe light shall only be operational when students are
				  being picked up, discharged or transported to or from school or school
				  functions when conditions impede the visibility of the school bus.
(d) Incorporation by reference. The
				  provisions of the Society of Automotive Engineers standard which have been
				  incorporated by reference in this Part have been filed in the Office of the
				  Secretary of State of the State of New York, the publication so filed entitled
				  SAE J1318, revised May of 1998. The regulations incorporated by reference may
				  be examined at the Office of the Department of State, 41 State Street, Albany,
				  NY 12231-0001, at the Supreme Court Libraries, the Legislative Library, the New
				  York State and the Department of Motor Vehicles Law Library, Swan Street
				  Building, Albany, NY 12228.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 57 - Trailer Hitches › Section 57.1 - Introduction

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On and after January 1, 1971 every trailer except a
					 semitrailer, while being drawn upon the public highways of this State, shall be
					 attached to the vehicle drawing the same by a device of a type approved by the
					 Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Accordingly, the commissioner establishes this
					 Part relating to vehicle connecting arrangements used for drawing trailers by
					 mechanical power on the public highways. This Part is not for those
					 arrangements used for drawing another vehicle by means of a tow truck or
					 wrecker or a semitrailer made into a full trailer by means of a converter
					 dolly.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 57 - Trailer Hitches › Section 57.2 - Definitions

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(a) Chain attaching
				  means means the bolt, hook, pin, hole, eye, clevis, bracket, bar or any other
				  device mounted on and used for anchoring or attaching safety chains to the
				  towed or towing vehicle or hitch.
(b) Coupling means that part of the primary
				  connecting system normally mounted on the trailer, such as a socket, by which
				  the connection is actually made and including the supporting attachment to the
				  trailer frame.
(c) Hitch means that
				  part of the primary connecting system normally mounted on the towing vehicle,
				  such as a ball, and including the supporting platform and those components that
				  extend and are attached to the towing vehicle.
(d) Primary connecting system means the
				  combination of devices and their attaching structures that are normally
				  utilized during towing operations. This includes but is not limited to the
				  ball-and-socket type of connecting or draft means. Note this does not include a
				  safety chain, which is part of a secondary system normally utilized only upon
				  failure of the primary connection.
(e) Safety chains means flexible tension
				  members connected from the front portion of the towed vehicle to the rear
				  portion of the towing vehicle for the purpose of retaining connection between
				  towed and towing vehicles in the event of failure of the connection provided by
				  the primary connecting system. The term safety chains includes not only chains,
				  cable or wire ropes, or equivalent flexible member, but also any splice clamp,
				  socket, snap, eye, ring, thimble, pin, or other fastening device or forming
				  method which is part of the assembly of any such flexible tension
				  member.
(f) Maximum gross trailer
				  weight means the weight of the trailer plus the weight of cargo, consumables
				  and equipment added.
(g) Gross
				  vehicle weight rating means the maximum design scale weight of a towed vehicle
				  when underway. For trailers, this includes maximum design loading for cargo,
				  consumables and equipment.
(h)
				  Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4 and figures 1, 2 and 3 referred to in this Part are
				  contained in section
				  57.5.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 57 - Trailer Hitches › Section 57.3 - Light service devices and systems

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(a) These are for use with trailers not
				  exceeding 10,000 pounds gross weight. This includes but is not limited to such
				  types as the utility, boat, camping, travel and other trailers which are
				  normally towed by the conventional passenger car, or similarly constructed
				  vehicle or light-duty truck. This section is intended basically for the
				  ball-and-socket type of primary connecting system. It is not limited to this
				  type alone.
(b) Light service hitch
				  nomenclature. The following nomenclature has been adopted for uniformity in the
				  terms used for this portion of the primary connecting system:
(1) Weight distributing hitch means a
				  mechanical device that connects the trailer to the towing vehicle, and by means
				  of leverage applied on both trailer and car structures or axles, when properly
				  adjusted, distributes the imposed vertical load at the hitch and coupling
				  connection between the structures or axles of towing vehicle and trailer. The
				  towing vehicle thus loaded tends to retain a level position with respect to the
				  road.
(2) Weight carrying hitch.
(i) Bumper hitch means a mechanical or
				  structural device that bolts or is otherwise fastened to the bumper of the
				  towing vehicle. No connection is made to other structural members of the towing
				  vehicle.
(ii) Frame hitch means a
				  mechanical and/or structural device that bolts or is otherwise fastened to at
				  least two of the towing vehicle structural members which can include frame,
				  unitized body, and bumper.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 57 - Trailer Hitches › Section 57.4 - Identification; installation; maintenance; compliance

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(a) Marking and labeling. Each vehicle
				  connecting device, method or system shall be marked and labeled as required by
				  section
				  57.3(g) 
				  and subdivision (c)(2) of this section. The marking and labeling shall show the
				  responsible manufacturer (see subdivision (c) below). A pressure sensitive
				  label will be acceptable if of a weather-resistant type and cannot be removed
				  without destroying or defacing it.
(b) Installation and maintenance:
(1) Manufacturer, packager, seller. The
				  responsible manufacturer or seller of a vehicle connecting device or system
				  shall pack with the device, or with devices making up or used in the system,
				  clear and complete instructions for installation, use, maintenance and repair,
				  or otherwise assure proper installation, in accordance with the requirements of
				  this Part, and proper instruction of the purchaser, or owner, in use and
				  care.
(2) Owner, lessor, lessee,
				  borrower. Each owner or lessor shall keep his connecting devices, and systems
				  in good condition, maintained, repaired, and rebuilt in accordance with
				  manufacturer's instructions and recommendations. Each owner or lessor who
				  leases or lends a connecting device or system, shall properly instruct the
				  lessee, or recipient, in the safe and proper use and care of the device(s), or
				  system. Each lessee or borrower shall use and care for the device, method, or
				  system in accordance with the instructions of the lessor or lender. For the
				  purposes of this Part, any person who rents a trailer shall be considered to be
				  a lessor.
(3) No person shall put
				  into use or continue in use a device or system on which the marking required in
				  subdivision (a) of this section has been removed, altered, obliterated,
				  disfigured, or otherwise damaged so as to prevent identification of the
				  device(s), method or system.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 57 - Trailer Hitches › Section 57.6 - Effective date

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(a) On and
				  after February 1, 1972, all hitches manufactured shall fully comply with this
				  Part.
(b) On and after November 1,
				  1972, all hitches offered for sale in New York State shall fully comply with
				  this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 58 - Rear-view Mirrors And Rear Object Detection Devices › Section 58.1 - Scope

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This Part specifies requirements for the performance and
					 location of rear-view mirrors.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 58 - Rear-view Mirrors And Rear Object Detection Devices › Section 58.2 - Purpose

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The purpose of this Part is to reduce the number of deaths
					 and injuries that occur because the driver of a motor vehicle does not have a
					 clear and reasonably unobstructed view of the rear.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 58 - Rear-view Mirrors And Rear Object Detection Devices › Section 58.3 - Application

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This Part applies to passenger cars, multipurpose passenger
					 vehicles, trucks, and buses.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 58 - Rear-view Mirrors And Rear Object Detection Devices › Section 58.4 - Requirements for passenger cars

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(a)
				  Inside rear-view mirror. Each passenger car shall have an inside rear-view
				  mirror of unit magnification.
(1) Field of
				  view. Except as provided in subdivision (c) of this section, the mirror shall
				  provide a field of view with an included horizontal angle measured from the
				  projected eye point of at least 20 degrees, and sufficient vertical angle to
				  provide a view of a level road service extending to the horizon beginning at a
				  point not greater than 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle when the vehicle is
				  occupied by the driver and four passengers or the designed occupant weight of
				  150 pounds. The line of sight may be partially obscured by seated occupants or
				  by head restraints.
(2) Mounting.
				  The passenger car mirror mounting shall provide a stable support for the
				  mirror, and shall provide for mirror adjustment by tilting in both horizontal
				  and vertical directions. If the mirror is in the head impact area, the mounting
				  shall deflect, collapse, or break away without leaving sharp edges when the
				  mirror is subjected to a force of 90 pounds in a forward or sideward direction
				  in any plane 45 degrees above or below the horizontal.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 58 - Rear-view Mirrors And Rear Object Detection Devices › Section 58.5 - Requirements for multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with gvwr of 10,000 pounds or less

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Each multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, and bus with
					 GVWR of 10,000 pounds or less shall have either:
(a) mirrors that conform to the requirements
				  of section
				  58.4 
				  of this Part; or
(b) outside
				  mirrors of unit magnification, each with not less than 19.5 square inches of
				  reflective surface, installed with stable supports on both sides of the
				  vehicle, located so as to provide the driver a view to the rear along both
				  sides of the vehicle, and adjustable in both the horizontal and vertical
				  directions to view the rearward scene.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 58 - Rear-view Mirrors And Rear Object Detection Devices › Section 58.6 - Requirements for multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with gvwr of more than 10,000 pounds

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Each multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, and bus with a
					 GVWR of more than 10,000 pounds shall have outside mirrors of unit
					 magnification, each with not less than 50 square inches of reflective surface,
					 installed with stable supports on both sides of the vehicle. The mirrors shall
					 be located so as to provide the driver a view to the rear along both sides of
					 the vehicle and shall be adjustable in both the horizontal and vertical
					 directions to view the rearward scene.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 58 - Rear-view Mirrors And Rear Object Detection Devices › Section 58.7 - Mirror construction

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The reflectance value of the reflective film employed on
					 any mirror required by this Part, determined in accordance with SAE recommended
					 practice J964, June, 1966, shall be at least 35 percent. If a mirror is of the
					 selective position prismatic type, the reflectance value in the night driving
					 position shall be at least four percent.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 58 - Rear-view Mirrors And Rear Object Detection Devices › Section 58.8 - Rear object detection systems

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in
				  this Part, every single-unit motor vehicle registered in this State, operated
				  for commercial purposes and having a cube style or enclosed walk-in delivery
				  bay, where such delivery bay has a length of eight feet six inches or more, but
				  not exceeding a length of 18 feet, or every sani-van and motor vehicle commonly
				  classified as a garbage truck purchased on or after January 1, 2008 and
				  registered in New York State, which is operated in and engages in the
				  collection of garbage or refuse in the county of Westchester shall be equipped
				  with a cross-view back-up mirror system, rear video system, or rear object
				  detection system. The provisions of this section shall not apply to motor
				  vehicles commonly classified as rolloff vehicles that are used for the express
				  purpose of transporting waste containers such as open boxes or compactors.
(1) Cross-view back-up mirror system means a
				  mirror(s) which, when mounted will allow the driver of a truck to view a
				  minimum distance of six feet to the rear and encompass the width of the rear of
				  the vehicle in order to be able to detect an object or person.
(2) Rear video system means a device
				  installed on a truck which will allow the driver to view on a video monitor
				  mounted inside the cab, a minimum distance of six feet to the rear and
				  encompass the width of the rear of the vehicle in order to detect a person or
				  object.
(3) Rear object detection
				  system or other device means a device installed on a truck which will alert the
				  driver by means of a visual and audible warning indicator inside the cab, of a
				  person or object within a minimum distance of six feet to the rear and
				  encompass the width of the rear of the vehicle.
(4) Enclosed walk-in delivery bay means a
				  compartment in a vehicle used for storing or transporting cargo which is
				  accessible from the driver's compartment and/or the rear of the cargo area
				  and/or the side of the cargo area.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 59 - Reflective Devices Or Materials For Bicycles And In-line Skates › Section 59.1 - Brief history of the bicycle regulations

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(a) Prior to 1972, New York had been
				  experiencing a rise in the number of bicycle injuries and fatalities. This rise
				  prompted the passage of chapter 848 of the Laws of 1972. This new law required
				  the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to promulgate regulations regarding the
				  visibility of bicycles in all directions.
(b) To accomplish this purpose, the
				  Department of Motor Vehicles held public hearings and did considerable
				  research. In December of 1972 this Part was first promulgated. Between 1973 and
				  1975, this Part was amended five times. The bicycle regulations were highly
				  effective in making a bicycle visible in all directions. Front and rear
				  reflectors, pedal reflectors and side reflectors or reflective tires were
				  required. When appropriate, reflector requirements were updated to include wide
				  angle reflectors. Although the regulations allowed wide angle reflex reflectors
				  to be used as a means of side reflectivity, as a practical matter, only
				  reflective tires were used to accomplish this requirement.
(c) In 1976, three factors combined to void
				  this Part. First, the Consumer Product Safety Commission Improvements Act of
				  1975 was signed into law. The Consumer Product Safety Commission regulates
				  bicycles on the Federal level. The commission had regulations of its own on
				  bicycles in force since 1974. Under the Improvements Act, these CPSC
				  regulations may or may not have preempted New York.
(d) Next, the bicycle industry sued New York
				  to bar enforcement of this Part. The bicycle industry was granted a preliminary
				  injunction.
(e) Finally, the New
				  York Legislature made the issue academic by passing chapter 887 of the Laws of
				  1976. This statute repealed the authority to promulgate regulations governing
				  bicycle visibility in all directions. In its place was the authority to approve
				  types of reflectors or tires to be used for side reflectivity.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 59 - Reflective Devices Or Materials For Bicycles And In-line Skates › Section 59.2 - Introduction

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This Part requires that reflective tires or spoke mounted
					 reflex reflectors be of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
					 In promulgating this Part, the commissioner acknowledges that the Consumer
					 Product Safety Commission has preempted the field.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 59 - Reflective Devices Or Materials For Bicycles And In-line Skates › Section 59.3 - Requirements

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(a) Every bicycle
				  sold at retail for the first time shall be equipped with either reflective
				  tires or spoke mounted wide angle reflex reflectors. A reflective tire or a
				  spoke mounted, wide angle reflex reflector shall meet specifications of the
				  Consumer Product Safety Commission ( 16 CFR part 1512).
(b) No person shall submit reports or samples
				  of reflective devices.
(c) For the
				  purposes of this Part, only bicycles with at least two wheels larger than 16
				  inches (48.26 centimeters) shall be considered bicycles.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 59 - Reflective Devices Or Materials For Bicycles And In-line Skates › Section 59.4 - Exceptions

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The provisions of this Part shall not apply to any bicycle
					 not equipped with a brake and which therefore cannot be operated on a public
					 highway provided a sticker or tag is affixed to such bicycle indicating that
					 such bicycle cannot legally be operated on the public
					 highway.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 59 - Reflective Devices Or Materials For Bicycles And In-line Skates › Section 59.5 - In-line skates

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(a) In-line
				  skate shall be defined as set forth in section 140-a  of the Vehicle and Traffic
				  Law.
(b) Reflective material
				  required. Every in-line skate, except those made for special use by highly
				  skilled or expert skaters or for sale or distribution through custom orders
				  (such as in-line hockey skates and in-line speed skates) shall be equipped with
				  a reflective device or material meeting the following standards:
(1) surface area. The total surface area of
				  the reflective device or material shall be at least one square inch;
				  and
(2) location. At least 25
				  percent of the surface area of the reflective device or material shall be
				  located on the back of each skate.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 60 - Tamper Resistant Odometers › Section 60.1 - Applicability

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Every 1993 and later model year motor vehicle sold in New
					 York State shall be equipped with a tamper resistant odometer which meets the
					 standards set forth in this Part. Odometers are required on the following
					 vehicles, but such vehicles need not meet the tamper resistant standards set
					 forth in this Part: a motorcycle, a tractor, a truck with a gross vehicle
					 weight rating over 18,000 pounds, a low sped vehicle, or a bus which seats 22
					 or more adults plus the driver.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 60 - Tamper Resistant Odometers › Section 60.2 - Unit of measurement

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Every odometer shall indicate distance traveled by a
					 vehicle in miles unless the odometer shows clearly that it measures distance
					 traveled in kilometers.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 60 - Tamper Resistant Odometers › Section 60.3 - Number of digits

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Every vehicle required by section
					 60.1  of
					 this Part to have a tamper resistant odometer shall have an odometer capable of
					 showing at least 199,999 miles or kilometers traveled.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 60 - Tamper Resistant Odometers › Section 60.4 - Losing mileage

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If an odometer is made to run in reverse, while installed
					 in the vehicle, it must not allow more than 10 miles or kilometers to be lost
					 before it ceases to operate in reverse.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 60 - Tamper Resistant Odometers › Section 60.5 - Odometers with numbered wheels

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Odometers which use numbered wheels to display miles or
					 kilometers traveled must not permit alteration by manipulation with picks,
					 screwdrivers or other tools, except in the following circumstances:
(a) after the odometer is removed from the
				  instrument panel; or
(b) after
				  visually apparent altering of the odometer reading or breakage of the structure
				  surrounding the odometer assembly.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 60 - Tamper Resistant Odometers › Section 60.6 - Odometers with digital readouts

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(a) If
				  an odometer with a digital readout relies on electronic impulses, the retentive
				  memory must be capable of retaining mileage readings for at least four years
				  without power from an external source.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of
				  this Part, a 1993 or 1994 model year vehicle may show nonnumerical indicators
				  instead of numbers when the numerical limit is exceeded.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter D - Equipment › Part 60 - Tamper Resistant Odometers › Section 60.7 - Servicing

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Nothing in this Part shall be construed as prohibiting the
					 lawful servicing or replacement of an odometer.