2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 7 - RULES OF THE ROAD
Article 26 - (1140 - 1146-A) RIGHT OF WAY
1144-A - Operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle.


NY Veh & Traf L § 1144-A (2012) What's This?
 
    §  1144-a. Operation of vehicles when approaching a parked, stopped or
  standing authorized emergency  vehicle  or  hazard  vehicle.  (a)  Every
  operator  of  a motor vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding
  with an  authorized  emergency  vehicle  which  is  parked,  stopped  or
  standing  on  the  shoulder  or  any  portion  of  such highway and such
  authorized  emergency  vehicle  is  displaying  one  or  more   red   or
  combination red and white lights pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
  two  of  subdivision  forty-one of section three hundred seventy-five of
  this chapter or is displaying one or more blue, combination blue and red
  or combination blue, red and white lights pursuant to the provisions  of
  subparagraph  b  of  paragraph  four of subdivision forty-one of section
  three hundred seventy-five of  this  chapter.  For  operators  of  motor
  vehicles  on parkways or controlled access highways, such due care shall
  include, but not be limited to, moving from a lane which contains or  is
  immediately  adjacent  to  the  shoulder where such authorized emergency
  vehicle displaying one or more red, blue or white or any combination  of
  red  and white lights or blue or combination blue and red or combination
  blue, red and white lights pursuant to the provisions of  paragraph  two
  or  subparagraph  b  of  paragraph  four,  as  applicable of subdivision
  forty-one of section three  hundred  seventy-five  of  this  chapter  is
  parked, stopped or standing to another lane, provided that such movement
  otherwise  complies with the requirements of this chapter including, but
  not limited to, the provisions of sections eleven hundred  ten  of  this
  title and eleven hundred twenty-eight of this title.
    (b) Every operator of a motor vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid
  colliding  with a hazard vehicle which is parked, stopped or standing on
  the shoulder or on any portion of such highway and such  hazard  vehicle
  is  displaying  one  or  more amber lights pursuant to the provisions of
  paragraph three  of  subdivision  forty-one  of  section  three  hundred
  seventy-five  of  this  chapter.  For  operators  of  motor  vehicles on
  parkways or controlled access highways, such due care shall include, but
  not be limited to, moving from a lane which contains or  is  immediately
  adjacent  to  the  shoulder  where such hazard vehicle displaying one or
  more amber lights pursuant to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  three  of
  subdivision  forty-one  of  section  three  hundred seventy-five of this
  chapter is parked, stopped or standing to another  lane,  provided  that
  such  movement  otherwise complies with the requirements of this chapter
  including, but not limited to, the provisions of sections eleven hundred
  ten and eleven hundred twenty-eight of this title.

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