[Adopted 6-14-1982 by L.L. No. 17-1982 (Ch. 87, Art. XXI, of the 1968 Code)]
No motor vehicle shall be operated or parked
upon the public highways of the Village of Patchogue unless a certificate
of inspection, as required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State
of New York, is displayed upon the vehicle or affixed to the registration
certificate for the vehicle as may be determined by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles. Any violation of this section that occurs while
a motor vehicle is parked shall constitute a parking violation. In
such event, the owner of said vehicle shall be deemed the violator.
[Amended 3-11-1985 by L.L. No. 2-1985]
No motor vehicle shall be operated, driven or
parked upon the public highways of the Village of Patchogue without
first being registered in accordance with the provisions of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
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Editor's Note: Former § 415-73, Valet and commercial
parking services, added 5-9-2011 by L.L. No. 8-2011, was repealed
9-24-2012 by L.L. No. 8-2012.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle, except
a motorcycle, upon the public highways of the Village of Patchogue
during the period from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise,
and at such other times as visibility for a distance of 1,000 feet
ahead of such motor vehicle is not clear, unless said vehicle shall
display the lights required by § 375, Subdivision 2, of
the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle other
than a motorcycle upon the public highways of the Village of Patchogue
unless it shall be equipped to display the lights required by § 375,
Subdivision 40, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New
York.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle containing
multiple-beam lights in such a manner that dazzling light interferes
with the driver of an approaching vehicle or a vehicle being approached,
and the head lamps of any such vehicle shall be operated with the
lowermost distribution of light in use whenever the highway is so
lighted or traffic thereon is such that illumination of the highway
for more than 200 feet ahead of the vehicle, by lights on such vehicle,
is unnecessary or impracticable.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon
the public highways of the Village of Patchogue which is equipped
with any glass which is so broken, fractured or discolored as to distort
visibility.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon
the public highways of the Village of Patchogue unless said vehicle
is equipped with the mirrors or reflecting devices required pursuant
to § 375, Subdivisions 10 and 10-a, and said mirrors or
devices are adjusted as required by said subdivisions.
No person shall operate, drive or park a motor
vehicle on the public highways of the Village of Patchogue unless
such vehicle shall bear number plates as prescribed by § 402
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, and said
plates shall comply with all of the provisions of that section. The
failure to produce a certificate of registration or registration renewal
stub of the vehicle shall be presumptive evidence of the displaying
of the number plates not proper for the vehicle.
No motor vehicle shall be operated or driven
upon the public highways of the Village of Patchogue unless same shall
be provided with the equipment referred to in § 375, Subdivision
1, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle
shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine,
locking the ignition, removing the key from the vehicle and effectively
setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning
the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway; provided, however,
that the provision for removing the key from the vehicle shall not
require the removal of keys hidden from sight about the vehicle for
convenience or emergency. A driver may, however, for the purpose of
getting away from the place of standing, move another vehicle which
is so placed that he cannot get his vehicle out; provided, however,
that immediately thereafter, he shall reset the brake and, if on a
grade, turn the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle on the
public highways of the Village of Patchogue unless said vehicle is
equipped with tires that meet the standards established by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles pursuant to § 375, Subdivision 35, of
the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
The operator of a vehicle overtaking another
vehicle shall pass to the left thereof except when overtaking on the
right is permitted pursuant to § 1123 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law of the State of New York.
No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose
of soliciting a ride or to solicit from or to sell to an occupant
of any vehicle, nor shall any person stand on or in proximity to a
highway for the purpose of soliciting a watching or guarding of any
vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway.
No person shall knowingly authorize or permit
a vehicle owned by him or in his charge to be operated by person not
bearing a valid operator's license or learner's permit as provided
for in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle while
bearing a valid license permit except pursuant to the provisions of
and subject to the limitations contained in § 501, Subdivision
5, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon
the public highways of the Village of Patchogue if said vehicle was
registered in the State of New York and manufactured or assembled
after June 30, 1965, and designated as a 1966 or subsequent year model
unless same shall be equipped with directional signals as required
by § 375, Subdivision 18-a, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law
of the State of New York.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle registered
in the State of New York or any unregistered motor vehicle upon the
public highways of the Village of Patchogue without having in full
force and effect the financial security required by the provisions
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York. The failure
to produce an insurance identification card when required pursuant
to § 319 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of
New York shall be presumptive evidence that said vehicle was operated
without having in effect the financial security required.
No person shall move a motor vehicle which is
stopped, standing or parked unless and until such movement can be
made with reasonable safety.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle within
the Village of Patchogue in violation of any restriction contained
on the operator's license or permit issued to said person.
No person shall operate a vehicle through, around
or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while
such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
No person operating a motor vehicle shall overtake
and/or pass a school bus in violation of the provisions of § 1174
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle registered
in the State of New York and manufactured or assembled after January
1, 1969, within the Village of Patchogue unless said vehicle shall
be equipped with at least one backup light which shall display a white
light to the rear when the ignition switch is energized and reverse
gear is engaged. Such light shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle
is in forward motion.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle within
the Village of Patchogue which bears transporter number plates except
in accordance with the provisions of § 415, Subdivision
8, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
No person shall drink any alcoholic beverage
in a motor vehicle being driven upon the public highways of the Village
of Patchogue, whether said person is an operator or a passenger, except
for passengers in passenger vehicles operated pursuant to a certificate
of permit issued by the Public Service Commission or Interstate Commerce
Commission and designed to carry 10 or more passengers and used to
carry passengers for a profit or hire.
No person shall abandon a vehicle on the highways
of the Village of Patchogue as such abandonment is defined within
§ 1224 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New
York.
[Added 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 15-1983]
Whenever any roadway has been divided into two
or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, the following rules in addition
to all other consistent herewith shall apply:
A.
A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practicable
entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from such lane
until the driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made
with safety.
[Added 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 15-1983]
No person shall fail or refuse to comply with
any lawful order or direction of any police officer or other person
duly empowered to regulate traffic.
[Added 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 15-1983]
Whenever any highway has been divided into two
or more roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical
barrier or clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to
impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle shall be driven only upon
the right-hand roadway unless directed or permitted to use another
roadway by official traffic control devices or police officers. No
vehicle shall be driven over, across or within any such dividing space,
barrier or section, except through an opening in such physical barrier
or dividing section or space or at a crossover or intersection, as
established, unless specifically authorized by public authority.
[Added 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 15-1983]
When official markings are in place indicating
those portions of any highway where overtaking and passing or driving
to the left of such markings would be especially hazardous, no driver
of a vehicle proceeding along such highway shall at any time drive
on the left side of such markings.
[Added 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 15-1983]
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 do so and can be done without interfering with the movement
of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side
of the vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer
than necessary to load or unload passengers.
[Added 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 15-1983]
Traffic, except for pedestrians, facing a steady
circular green signal may proceed straight through or turn right or
left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. Such
traffic, including when turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way
to other traffic lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk
at the time such signal is exhibited.
[Added 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 15-1983]
No person shall operate upon a public highway
a vehicle which emits unnecessary smoke or unnecessary offensive vapors.
[Added 6-13-1983 by L.L. No. 15-1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
or ride upon a motorcycle unless he wears a protective helmet of a
type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Such helmet must
be equipped with either a neck or chin strap and be reflectorized
on both sides thereof. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby
authorized and empowered to adopt and amend regulations covering the
types of helmets and the specifications therefor, and to establish
and maintain a list of approved helmets which meet the specifications
as established hereunder. The police authorities of a city, town or
Village may issue a permit exempting members of organizations sponsoring
or conducting parades or other public exhibitions from the provisions
of this section while such members are participating in such parade
or other public exhibitions.
[Added 1-9-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
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
as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the
vehicle or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving
mechanism of the vehicle. In no event shall there be more than three
persons in the front seat of any vehicle, except where such seat has
been constructed to accommodate more than three persons and there
are 18 inches of seating capacity for each passenger or occupant in
said front seat.
B.
No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such a position
as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the sides, or to
interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
[Added 1-9-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to
the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road or
driveway 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.
[Added 1-9-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
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 an intersection or traffic control device.
[Added 1-9-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
It shall be the duty of every licensee to notify
the Commissioner in writing of any change of residence of such licensee
within 10 days after such change occurs and to make a notation of
such change of residence on such license in the place provided by
the Commissioner.
[Added 1-9-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984;
amended 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
Except when directed to proceed by a police
officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop
as required by § 1172 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, and,
after having stopped, shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle
which has entered the intersection from another highway or which is
approaching so closely on said highway as to constitute an immediate
hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within
the intersection.
[Added 1-9-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
Whenever a license is required to operate a
motor vehicle, no person shall operate a motor vehicle unless he is
the holder of a class of license which is valid for the operation
of such vehicle.
[Added 1-9-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
It shall be the duty of every owner holding
a certificate of registration to notify the Commissioner in writing
of any change of residence of such person within 10 days after such
change occurs and to inscribe on such certificate, in the place provided
by the Commissioner, a record of such change of residence.
[Added 10-22-1984 by L.L. No. 16-1984]
No person shall stop, stand or park outside
of a business or residence district upon any highway outside of a
business or residence district or leave standing any vehicle, whether
attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the
highway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle
off such part of said highway, but in every event, an unobstructed
width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for
the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped
vehicles shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction
upon such highway.
[Added 10-22-1984 by L.L. No. 16-1984]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a motorcycle unless he wears goggles or a face shield of a type approved
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The Commissioner is hereby
authorized and empowered to adopt and amend regulations covering types
of goggles and face shields and the specifications therefor and to
establish and maintain a list of approved goggles and face shields
which meet the specifications as established.
[Added 10-22-1984 by L.L. No. 16-1984]
When official traffic control devices direct
slow-moving traffic, trucks, buses or specified types of vehicles
to use a designated lane or designate those lanes to be used by traffic
moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway,
drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such sign,
signal or marking.
[Added 10-22-1984 by L.L. No. 16-1984]
Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle
shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway except as follows:
A.
When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding
in the same direction under the rules governing such movement.
B.
When overtaking or passing pedestrians, animals or
obstructions on the right half of the roadway.
C.
When an obstruction exists making it necessary to
drive to the left of the center of the highway, provided that any
person so doing shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles traveling
in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the highway
within such distance as to constitute an immediate hazard.
D.
Upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes for
traffic under the rules applicable thereon.
E.
Upon a roadway restricted to one-way traffic.
[Added 10-22-1984 by L.L. No. 16-1984]
A.
Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other
than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at
an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon
the roadway.
B.
Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where
a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided
shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
C.
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally
unless authorized by official traffic control devices, and when authorized
to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with
the official traffic control devices pertaining to such crossing movements.
[Added 10-22-1984 by L.L. No. 16-1984]
The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow
another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having
due regard for the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and
the condition of the highway.
[Added 10-22-1984 by L.L. No. 16-1984]
It is unlawful and unless otherwise declared
in this title with respect to particular offenses, it is a traffic
infraction for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform
any act required in this title.
[Added 10-22-1984 by L.L. No. 16-1984]
No person shall operate a passenger motor vehicle
registered in this state, nor shall the owner thereof knowingly permit
a passenger motor vehicle to be operated unless each passenger of
such vehicle under the age of four is restrained, except as provided
herein, in a specially designed detachable or removable seat which
meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards or, in the case of
a passenger over the age of four but under the age of five, is restrained
in such seat or by a safety belt approved by the Commissioner. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to an infant passenger
under the age of four with a physically handicapped condition whose
physical handicap would prevent appropriate restraint in such seat;
provided, however, that such condition is duly certified by a physician
who shall state the nature of the handicap as well as the reason such
restraint is inappropriate.
[Added 10-22-1984 by L.L. No. 16-1984; amended 2-25-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
A.
Any person operating a motor vehicle who knowing or
having cause to know that damage has been caused to the real property
or to the personal property, not including animals of another due
to the culpability of the person operating such motor vehicle, or
due to accident, shall, before leaving the place where the damage
occurred, stop, exhibit his license and insurance identification card
for such vehicle, when such card is required pursuant to Articles
6 and 8 of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law and give his
name, residence, including street and number, insurance carrier, and
insurance identification information and license number to the party
sustaining the damage or, in case the person sustaining the damage
is not present at the place where the damage occurred, then he shall
report the same as soon as physically able to the nearest police station
or judicial officer.
B.
It shall be the duty of any member of the law enforcement
agency who is at the scene of the accident to request said operator
or operators of the motor vehicle when physically capable of doing
so to exchange the information required hereinabove, and such member
of a law enforcement agency shall assist such operator or operators
in making such exchange of information in a reasonable and harmonious
manner.
[Added 2-25-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
No person shall drive a motor vehicle when it
is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such number of persons
as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the
vehicle or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving
mechanism of the vehicle. In no event shall there be more than three
persons in the front seat of any vehicle, except where such seat has
been constructed to accommodate more than three persons and there
are 18 inches of seating capacity for each passenger or occupant in
said front seat.
[Added 2-25-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
It shall be unlawful to operate on the public
highway any open truck or trailer being utilized for the transportation
of earth, sand, stone or similar loose substances, unless said truck
or trailer has a cover, tarpaulin or other device of a type and specification
approved by the Commissioner of Transportation which completely closes
in the opening on said truck or trailer while said truck or trailer
shall be so operated, so as to prevent the falling of any such substances
therefrom. However, if the load is six inches below the top of the
sides of such truck, the covering is not necessary.
[Added 2-25-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
A.
Back-seat passenger under 10 without restraint. No
person shall operate a motor vehicle in the State of New York unless
all back-seat passengers of such vehicle under the age of four are
restrained in a specially designed detachable or removable seat which
meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards set forth in 49 CFR
571.213 or, in the case of any other passenger under the age of 10,
he is restrained by a safety belt approved by the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles.
B.
Front-seat passenger under 16 without restraint. No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless all front-seat passengers under the age of 16 are restrained by a safety belt or, if they are under the age of four, by a specially designed detachable or removable seat as required by Subsection A of this section.
C.
Driver or front-seat passenger without seat belt.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained
by a safety belt approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. No
person 16 years of age or over shall be a passenger in the front seat
of a motor vehicle unless such person is restrained by a safety belt
approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
[Added 5-28-1985 by L.L. No. 8-1985]
A.
The driver of a vehicle upon a highway or street,
upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus marked
and equipped as provided in the Vehicle and Traffic Laws of the State
of New York which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving
or discharging any school children, or which has stopped because a
school bus in front of it has stopped to receive or discharge any
school children, shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school
bus when there is in operation on said school bus a red visual signal
as specified in the Vehicle and Traffic Laws of the State of New York,
and said driver shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion,
or until signaled by the driver or a police officer to proceed.
B.
The driver of such school bus, when discharging pupils
who must cross the highway, shall instruct such pupils to cross in
front of the bus and the driver thereof shall keep such school bus
halted with red signal lights flashing until such pupils have reached
the opposite side of the highway.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
A.
A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon
the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator
shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on
the motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than
one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent
and regular seat if designed for two persons, or upon another seat
firmly attached to the motorcycle at the rear or side of the operator.
B.
A person shall ride upon a motorcycle only while sitting
astride the seat, facing forward, with one leg on each side of the
motorcycle, unless said person is seated in a side car affixed to
said motorcycle.
C.
No person shall operate a motorcycle while carrying
any package, bundle or other article which prevents him from keeping
both hands on the handlebars.
D.
No operator shall carry any person, nor shall any
person ride, in a position that will interfere with the operation
or control of the motorcycle or the view of the operator.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at
an intersection shall do so as follows:
A.
Right turns. Both the approach for a right turn and
a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand
curb or edge of the roadway.
B.
Left turns on two-way roadways. At any intersection
where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each roadway
entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made
in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center
line thereof, and by passing to the right of such central line where
it enters the intersection, and after entering the intersection, the
left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right
of the central line of the roadway being entered. Whenever practicable,
the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to
the left of the center of the intersection.
C.
Left turns on other than two-way roadways. At any
intersection where traffic is restricted to one direction on one or
more of the roadways, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left
at any such intersection, shall approach the intersection in the extreme
left-hand lane of the roadway lawfully available to traffic moving
in the direction of travel of such vehicle, and after entering the
intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection,
as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand lane lawfully available
to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.
D.
When markers, buttons, signs or other markings are
placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and
direct that a different course from that specified in this section
be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection, no driver of a
vehicle shall turn a vehicle at an intersection other than as directed
and required by such markers, buttons, signs or other markings.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Village of Patchogue shall not maintain or create any speed limit
in excess of 55 miles per hour on any road, highway, parkway or bridge,
or any speed limit on any other portion of a public highway, which
is not uniformly applicable to all types of motor vehicles using such
portion of highway, if on November 1, 1973, such portion of highway
had a speed limit which was uniformly applicable to all types of motor
vehicles using it: provided, however, that a lower speed limit may
be established for any vehicle operating under a special permit because
of any weight or dimension of such vehicle, including any load thereon,
and provided further that the above shall not apply to any portion
of a highway during such time that the condition of the highway, whether
an accident or other condition creates a temporary hazard to the safety
of traffic on such portion of a highway.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
The Commissioner shall issue classified driver's
licenses as provided in this article. Any such license shall be valid
only for the operation of the type of vehicle specified for each such
class of license.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
The provisions of this section shall govern
the affixing and display of lights on vehicles, other than those lights
required by law.
A.
No light, other than a white light, and no revolving,
rotating, flashing, oscillating or constantly moving white light shall
be affixed to, or displayed on any vehicle except as prescribed herein.
B.
One or more red or combination red and white lights,
or one white light which must be revolving, rotating, flashing, oscillating,
or constantly moving light, may be affixed to an authorized emergency
vehicle, and such lights may be displayed on an authorized emergency
vehicle when such vehicle is engaged in an emergency operation, and
upon a fire vehicle while returning from an alarm or fire or other
emergency.
C.
Amber lights: one or more amber lights may be affixed
to a hazard vehicle, and such a light or lights which display an amber
light visible to all approaching traffic under normal atmospheric
conditions form a distance of 500 feet from such vehicle, shall be
displayed on a hazard vehicle when such vehicle is engaged in a hazardous
operation. Such light or lights shall not be required to be displayed
during daylight hours provided at least two red flags visible from
a distance of 500 feet are placed both in or on the front of, and
to or on the rear of the vehicle and two such flags are placed to
each side of the vehicle open to traffic. Such lights or flags need
not be displayed on the vehicle when the vehicle is operating or parked
within a barricaded work area and said lights or flags are displayed
on the barricade.
D.
Blue light: one blue light may be affixed to any motor
vehicle owned by a volunteer member of a Fire Department or on a motor
vehicle owned by a member of such person's family residing in the
same household or by a business enterprise in which such person has
a proprietary interest or by which he is employed, provided that such
volunteer fireman has been authorized in writing to so affix a blue
light by the Chief of the Fire Department or company in which he is
a member, which authorization shall be subject to revocation at any
time by the Chief who issued the same or his successor in office.
Such blue light may be displayed by such volunteer fireman on such
a vehicle only when engaged in an emergency operation.
E.
Green light: one green light may be affixed to any
motor vehicle owned by a member of a volunteer ambulance service,
or on a motor vehicle owned by a member of such person's family, or
by a business enterprise in which such person has a proprietary interest,
or by which he is employed, provided that such member has been authorized
in writing to so affix a green light by the Chief Officer of such
service as designated by the members thereof. Such green light may
be displayed by such member of a volunteer ambulance service only
when engaged in an emergency operation.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
A person of the age of 16 years and upwards
who shall be a nonresident of this state, and a resident of a state,
territory, federal district or foreign country having laws, with which
such person has complied, which requires such a person, in order to
operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle therein, to be licensed, may
operate or drive a motor vehicle or motorcycle on the public highways
of this state without being so licensed under this chapter; provided,
however, that the recognition granted under this section shall, with
respect to a person under the age of 18 years, only permit the operation
of a motor vehicle or motorcycle in this state in accordance with
the same restrictions imposed upon New York residents operating or
driving motor vehicles or motorcycles with Class 6 licenses under
Subdivision 3 of § 501 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of
the State of New York. A nonresident entitled to operate a motor vehicle
or motorcycle as herein provided who shall become a resident of this
state may operate or drive a motor vehicle or motorcycle on the public
highways of this state for a period not exceeding 30 days from the
date he becomes a resident pending the obtaining of a license to operate
such motor vehicle or motorcycle in this state.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
A.
No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection
unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required
in § 1160 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of
New York or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or
otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left
upon a roadway, unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable
safety. No person shall so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate
signal in the manner hereinafter provided.
B.
A signal of intention to turn right or left when required
shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet
traveled by the vehicle before turning.
C.
No person shall stop or suddenly decrease speed of
a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner
provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear
when there is opportunity to give such signal.
D.
The signals provided for in § 1164 of the
Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall be used to
indicate an intention to turn, change lanes or start from a parked
position and not be flashed on one side only on a parked or disabled
vehicle, or flashed as a courtesy or "do pass" signal to operators
of other vehicles approaching from the rear.
E.
The driver of a vehicle equipped with simultaneously
flashing signals as provided for in Subdivision 18-a of § 375
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall use
such signals when the vehicle is stopped or disabled on a public highway,
except when such vehicle is stopped in compliance with a traffic control
device or when legally parked. The driver of a vehicle so equipped
may use such signals whenever necessary to warn the operators of following
vehicles of the presence of a traffic hazard ahead of the signaling
vehicle, or to warn the operators of other vehicles that the signaling
vehicle may itself constitute a traffic hazard, taking into account
traffic and highway conditions. No person shall use such signals for
any other purpose.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
Every license or renewal thereof, issued on
or after September 1, 1976, shall contain a distinguishing number
or mark, an adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant
to Article 43 of the Public Health Law, by the licensee shall be recorded
and shall contain such information, and shall be issued in such form
as the Commissioner shall determine. The Commissioner may provide
adequate space on a detachable or separate part of such license, to
be known as the "record of conviction stub," for the recording thereon
of convictions as provided in § 514 of the Vehicle and Traffic
Law of the State of New York and such record of convictions stub shall
be detachable by the licensee, and shall not be subject to inspection
by any motor vehicle inspector, peace officer, when acting pursuant
to his special duties, police officer, or any other person, but shall
be exhibited on demand only to a magistrate after conviction of the
licensee or, at a hearing, to any person designated by the Commissioner
to conduct such a hearing. The license may also contain the photograph
of the licensee, pursuant to regulations established by the Commissioner.
The learner's permit may also contain the photograph of the permittee
pursuant to regulations established by the Commissioner.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
The following rules shall govern the overtaking
and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject
to those limitations, exceptions, and special rules hereinafter stated:
A.
The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle
proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at
a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the
roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.
B.
Except when overtaking and passing on the right is
permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the
right in favor of the overtaken vehicle on audible signal and shall
not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the
overtaken vehicle.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
A.
Every bicycle when in use during the period from 1/2
hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise shall be equipped with
a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible during
the hours of darkness from a distance of at least 500 feet to the
front and with a red light visible to the rear for 300 feet. Effective
July 1, 1976, at least one of these lights shall be visible for 200
feet from each side.
B.
No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped
with a bell or other device capable of giving a signal audible for
a distance of at least 100 feet, except that a bicycle shall not be
equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a bicycle, any siren
or whistle.
C.
Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which
will enable the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level,
clean pavement.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
Notwithstanding any other provisions, the Commissioner,
upon registration or reregistration of any vehicle required to be
registered under this chapter, may continue the use of number plates
for an additional period as may be determined by him, in which event
he shall issue and deliver a tag or other evidence of registration,
which shall be attached or affixed in such manner as he may prescribe
by regulation. The failure to affix or display such tag or other evidence
of registration, in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner, shall
constitute a violation of this section. The removal from any vehicle,
other than by the owner of the vehicle or person authorized by such
owner or by a police officer in the performance of his duties, of
such tag or other evidence of registration, shall constitute a Class
B misdemeanor.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
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 more than five miles per hour, on or across the sidewalk
in such manner as not to interfere with the safety and passage of
pedestrians thereon, who shall have the right-of-way, when it is reasonable
and necessary.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
Except as hereinafter provided, only a white
or yellow light shall be displayed upon a motorcycle so as to be visible
from a point directly in front of the vehicle. Any color light, except
blue, may be displayed, so as to be visible from a point directly
in front of the vehicle, on a police vehicle or on a motorcycle operated
by a sheriff or regular deputy sheriff when engaged in the performance
of duty as a police officer. Any color light, including blue, may
be displayed, so as to be visible from a point directly in front of
the vehicle, on a motorcycle operated by a Chief or Assistant Chief
of a Fire Department, a County or Deputy County Fire Coordinator or
a County or Assistant County Fire Marshal. A blue light may be displayed
upon a motorcycle, so as to be visible from a point directly in front
of the vehicle, when operated by an active volunteer member of a Fire
Department or company duly authorized as hereinafter provided, and
while such vehicle is in use for fire or other emergency service.
No volunteer fireman shall be permitted to display a blue light upon
a motorcycle as hereinbefore provided except while actually en route
to the scene of a fire or other emergency requiring his services and
unless he shall be an active volunteer member of a Fire Department
or company and shall have been authorized in writing to so display
a blue light by the Chief of the Fire Department or company of which
he is a member, which authorization shall be subject to revocation
at any time by the Chief who issued the same or his successor in office.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
Every motor vehicle registered in this Village
and manufactured or assembled after October 1, 1964, shall be equipped
with a defrosting device, in good working order, for the purpose of
preventing the formation of ice or snow on the windshield directly
in front of the operator. For the purposes of this section, the term
"motor vehicle" shall exclude motorcycles, tractors used exclusively
for agricultural purposes, self-propelled combines, self-propelled
harvesting machines and farm equipment and self-propelled caterpillar
or crawler-type equipment while being operated on the contract site.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
The drinking of alcoholic beverages in a motor
vehicle being driven upon the public highways is prohibited. Any operator
or passenger violating this section shall be guilty of a traffic infraction.
The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the
drinking of alcoholic beverages by passengers in passenger vehicles
operated pursuant to a certificate or permit issued by the Public
Service Commission or Interstate Commerce Commission.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
Every motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, when
driven or operated upon a public highway, road or street shall be
equipped with a front windshield in a fixed and more or less upright
position constructed of safety glass as defined in Subdivision 14
of § 375 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of
New York. No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign or
other nontransparent material other than the certificate or paper
required to be displayed by law upon the front windshield or the side
wings or side windows on either side forward of or adjacent to the
operator's seat. On and after January 1, 1982, no person shall manufacture,
sell, offer for sale, equip or operate a motor vehicle in this state
in violation of the provisions of this section. Such violation shall
constitute a traffic infraction.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
On and after the first day of January, 1974,
it shall be unlawful to operate on any public highway or street in
this Village any tractor, commercial motor vehicle, combination of
a commercial motor vehicle and trailer, or combination of a truck
tractor and semitrailer which is not so constructed or equipped as
reasonably to bar water or other road surface substances from being
thrown by the rearmost wheels beyond the extreme rear of the vehicle
or combination of vehicles, and to minimize side spray.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
No owner shall knowingly cause or permit a vehicle
owned by him to be operated, driven or parked upon the public highways
of this Village in violation of this section. Any violation of this
section that occurs while a motor vehicle is parked on the public
highways of this Village shall constitute a parking violation.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
A.
The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection
shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection
from a different highway.
B.
When two vehicles enter an intersection from different
highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle
on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield
sign shall in obedience to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable
for existing conditions, or shall stop if necessary as provided in
§ 1172 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New
York and shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian legally crossing
the roadway on which he is driving, and to any vehicle in the intersection
or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate
hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the
intersection; provided, however, that if such driver is involved in
a collision with a pedestrian in a crosswalk or a vehicle in the intersection
after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall
be deemed prima facie evidence of his failure to yield the right-of-way.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross
a roadway from any place other than another roadway shall yield the
right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway to be entered
or crossed.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
Upon the immediate approach of an authorized
emergency vehicle equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting
red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance
of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle other than a police vehicle
when operated as an authorized emergency vehicle, and when audible
signals are sounded from any said vehicle by siren, exhaust whistle
or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way
and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close
as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway, or to either
edge of a one-way roadway three or more lanes in width, clear of any
intersection, and shall stop and remain in such position until the
authorized emergency vehicle has passed, unless otherwise directed
by a police officer.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
Except where a traffic control device directs
otherwise, the driver of a vehicle approaching or about to enter a
rotary traffic circle or island shall yield the right-of-way to any
vehicle already traveling on such circle or around such island.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
When traffic control signals are not in place
or not in operation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way,
slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing
the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half
of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian
is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as
to be in danger, except that any pedestrian crossing a roadway at
a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overpass has been provided shall
yield the right-of-way to all vehicles.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same
unless such movement can be made with safety and without interfering
with other traffic.
[Added 4-28-1986 by L.L. No. 6-1986]
A.
Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle
in the third degree. A person is guilty of the offense of aggravated
unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree when he
operates the motor vehicle upon a public highway while knowing or
having reason to know that his license or his privilege of operating
a motor vehicle in this state or his privilege of obtaining a license
issued by the Commissioner is suspended or revoked.
B.
Aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle
in the third degree is a traffic infraction. When a person is convicted
of this offense, the sentence of the court must be a fine of not less
than $200 nor more than $500 or a term of imprisonment of not more
than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
[Added 6-22-1992 by L.L. No. 9-1992]
Upon registration or reregistration of any vehicle
required to be registered, a tag or other evidence of registration
shall be attached or affixed in such manner as prescribed by law.
The failure to affix or display such tag or other evidence of registration
shall constitute a violation of this section.
