§ 4-09 Equipment.
RCNY § 4-09
(a)Brakes. No person shall operate or park a motor vehicle unless such vehicle is in compliance with § 375(1) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(b)Lights while driving.
(1)When the display of head lamps is required, no operator shall operate the vehicle with parking lights only. The operator shall use the lower beam of multiple beam head lamps, except that the upper beam may be used where the street is not lighted sufficiently to reveal any person, vehicle or substantial object straight ahead of such vehicle for a distance of at least 350 feet, and provided that there is no vehicle within 500 feet approaching from the direction ahead.
(2)No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle on any street at any time unless it is equipped with head lamps, rear lamps and reflectors complying with the provisions of §§ 375(2) and 376 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(c)Colored lights prohibited. No operator of a motorcycle or motor vehicle, other than authorized emergency vehicles, shall operate said vehicle when displaying other than white or yellow lights visible from in front of the vehicle. No operator of an authorized emergency vehicle shall operate said vehicle when displaying other than white or yellow lights visible from in front of the vehicle except when actually engaged in emergency service.
(d)Lights on horse-drawn cabs and pushcarts. No person shall drive a horse-drawn cab or propel a pushcart in the roadway between sunset and sunrise unless such horse drawn cab or pushcart displays a white or yellow light visible from 200 feet directly in front and a red light visible from 200 feet directly to the rear. (Amended City Record 1/4/2019, eff. 2/15/2019)
