§ 4-07 Other Restrictions on Movement.
RCNY § 4-07
(a)Yield signs. The operator of a vehicle approaching a YIELD or YIELD-RIGHT-OF-WAY sign shall slow to a reasonable speed for existing conditions of traffic and visibility, stopping if necessary, and shall yield the right-of-way to all traffic on the intersecting street which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. Proceeding past such sign with resultant collision or other impediment or interference with traffic on the intersecting street shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of this rule.
(b)Obstruction of traffic.
(1)Traffic lane. No person shall operate a vehicle in a manner which obstructs traffic in lanes specifically designated for the movement of traffic. Such lanes include, but are not limited to, no standing zones and no stopping zones.
(2)Spillback. No operator shall enter an intersection and its crosswalks unless there is sufficient unobstructed space beyond the intersection and its crosswalks in the lane in which he/she is traveling to accommodate the vehicle, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
(c)Restrictions on crossing sidewalks.
(3)Bicycles and limited use vehicles.
(i)No person shall ride or operate a bicycle upon any sidewalk area unless permitted by sign. This prohibition shall not apply to the operation of bicycles with wheels of less than 26 inches in diameter upon the sidewalk by children of 12 years or less in age.
(ii)No person shall ride, park or operate a limited use vehicle within any sidewalk area except where permitted by sign. This prohibition shall not apply to the pushing of a limited use vehicle within a sidewalk area or to the pushing of such a vehicle to an authorized parking area.
(d)Restrictions on backing. No person shall back a vehicle into an intersection or over a crosswalk and shall not in any event or at any place back a vehicle unless such movement can be made in safety.
(e)Play streets. Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street or play area, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or area between 8 a.m. and one-half hour after sunset, unless other hours are prescribed by signs, except operators of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such restricted area. Any such operator shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street.
(f)Restrictions on learners.
(g)Following emergency vehicles prohibited. The operator of any vehicle other than one on official public business shall not follow any emergency vehicle traveling in response to an emergency call closer than 200 feet, nor drive into nor park such vehicle within the block where such emergency work is in progress.
(h)Driving on divided highways.
(iii)Vehicles other than passenger cars (A) Any vehicle with a maximum gross vehicle weight over 4,500 lbs. and under 10,000 lbs.
(j)Yearly and single issue permits for use of roadways.
(4)Duration. Permits are issued for the minimum hours and days essential for the activity. Bus permits are valid only while transporting passengers. Yearly permits are issued on an annual basis on dates determined by the Department of Transportation. These permits are renewable by reapplication in writing to the Department of Transportation. The Commissioner or his/her designee may, at his/her discretion, issue, extend or revoke any permit.
(k)Express lanes.
(l)Use of the Grand Central Parkway by certain vehicles. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules to the contrary, single-unit vehicles with no more than three axles and ten tires may operate in both directions on the roadway of the Grand Central Parkway, between the Triborough Bridge and the western leg of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Buses will continue to be prohibited from operating on the Grand Central Parkway without consent.
(m)Use of the Korean War Veterans Parkway by certain vehicles. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules to the contrary, not more than forty-ton motor vehicles commonly classified as construction trucks owned and/or operated by the Department of Environmental Protection of the City of New York, its agents or contractors shall be permitted the use of the Korean War Veterans Parkway during remediation of the Brookfield landfill in Staten Island for the purpose of the remediation of such landfill, provided that such trucks comply with all other provisions of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to 34 RCNY § 4-15.
(n)Mopeds restricted. No moped as defined in 34 RCNY § 4-19(a) is permitted to operate on the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, and Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, or on any limited access highway, or on any bicycle lane or path. (Amended City Record 4/30/2019, eff. 5/30/2019; amended City Record 1/10/2020, eff. 2/9/2020; amended City Record 12/14/2021, eff. 12/14/2021)
