2013 New York Consolidated Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 7 - RULES OF THE ROAD
Article 33 - (1210 - 1229-D) MISCELLANEOUS RULES
1223 - Lights on vehicles used for transportation of passengers.


NY Veh & Traf L § 1223 (2012) What's This?
 
    § 1223. Lights  on  vehicles  used  for  transportation of passengers.
  Unless otherwise governed by  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  every
  vehicle  used  for the transportation of ten or more passengers upon the
  public highways, such as for picnics, hayrides and sleigh rides,  shall,
  during  the  period  from  one-half  hour  after sunset to one-half hour
  before sunrise, display at least two lighted lamps on the front, one  on
  each  side,  having light sources of equal power, which shall be visible
  for a distance of at least five hundred feet ahead of  the  vehicle  and
  which  shall  project  either  white  or  yellow light, and at least two
  lighted lamps on the rear, one on each side,  having  light  sources  of
  equal  power,  which  shall  be  visible for a distance of at least five
  hundred feet behind the vehicle and which shall project red light.

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