§ 4-12 Miscellaneous.
RCNY § 4-12
(a)Compliance with directions of law enforcement officers.
(1)An operator must at all times comply with any direction given by a law enforcement officer, a bridge and tunnel officer of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, or an officer of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority authorized to enforce these rules, or a school crossing guard by hand, voice, whistle or mechanical device.
(2)A law enforcement officer, school crossing guard or a bridge and tunnel officer may disregard any traffic light signal or rule in order to expedite the movement of traffic or to safeguard pedestrians or property.
(3)Vehicle operators must present and/or surrender their operator's license, vehicle registration and insurance documents upon request of a law enforcement officer.
(b)Passengers in vehicle. No person shall ride in any place or in any part of a vehicle except that provided for passenger carrying purposes, nor shall he/she permit any part of his/her body to extend outside of any part of a vehicle, except when required to extend the hand to indicate an intention to turn, slow down, stop, or start from the curb.
(c)Getting out of vehicle. No person shall get out of any vehicle from the side facing on the traveled part of the street in such manner as to interfere with the right of the operator of an approaching vehicle or a bicycle.
(d)Fire drill line. The operator of any vehicle, except authorized emergency vehicles, shall not drive through or approach within one hundred feet of a line of children during a fire drill, nor interfere with, hinder, obstruct, or impede in any way whatsoever any such fire drill.
(e)Operator's hand on steering device. No person shall operate or ride a motor vehicle or bicycle without having his/her hand on the steering device or handle bars. A person riding or leading a horse or driving a horse-drawn carriage shall have the reins in his/her hand continuously.
(f)Unbridled horse. No person shall leave a horse unbridled or unattended in a street or unenclosed place unless the horse is securely fastened, or harnessed to a vehicle with wheels so secured as to prevent it from being dragged faster than a walk.
(g)Peddlers.
(h)Reporting accidents by operators of other than motor vehicles. The operators of any bicycle or vehicle other than a motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in death or injury to a person or damage to property must stop and give their names and addresses and information concerning liability insurance coverage to the party sustaining injuries or damage, and in the case of death or injury, he/she must, in addition to the above, without delay report the accident to the nearest police station, unless he/she has supplied the information to a police officer on the scene. Accidents involving motor vehicles must be reported as required by the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(i)Horn for danger only. No person shall sound the horn of a vehicle except when necessary to warn a person or animal of danger.
(j)Commercial advertising vehicles.
(k)Snow Emergency.
(ii)Any tire with tread which has ribs, lugs, blocks or buttons arranged in a generally discontinuous pattern; when inflated, a substantial number of the lug, block or rib edges in the tread design are at an angle greater than 30 degrees to the tire circumferential center line; and, on at least one side of the tread design, have shoulder lugs that protrude at least one-half inch in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of travel.
(iii)Any tire labelled on the sidewall with the words "MUD AND SNOW" or any contraction using the letters "M" and "S" (e.g. MS, M/S, M-S or M&S).
(4)Worn or damaged tires. Worn or damaged tires which no longer provide effective traction shall not constitute snow tires within the meaning of this section regardless of their original classification or designation.
(5)Use of parkways by certain vehicles. Notwithstanding any other provision of these rules, during snow emergencies declared by the Commissioner, commercial vehicles owned or operated by oil heating companies that are no more than 7 feet in height, no more than 8,500 pounds in maximum gross weight, and have no more than two axles and four tires may travel on parkways and other roadways where commercial vehicles are normally prohibited when such vehicles are responding to heat emergencies which require the repair of heating and hot water equipment. Such vehicles must abide by all posted weight limits and clearances on such roadways.
(l)Emergency repairs. No person shall solicit or render repair service or push or tow any vehicle on any part of the right-of-way, including the berm or shoulder adjacent to the roadways, entrances and exits of the expressways and parkways, and bridges enumerated in § 4-07(i), except persons and vehicles operating pursuant to a permit issued by the Commissioner. This subdivision (l) shall not be deemed to prohibit emergency repairs by the occupants of a disabled vehicle.
(m)Bus lane restrictions on city streets.
(n)Work affecting traffic. The rules contained in the New York State Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices shall be complied with by public and private organizations when temporary disruption of street traffic is required for street repaving or repairs, subsurface utility line installations or other repairs and similar projects.
(o)Use of roadways.
(p)Bicycles.
3.Section 2: Commercial bicyclists must obey all traffic laws and rules. These laws include, but are not limited to, the following requirements: • Yield to pedestrians. • Ride in the direction of traffic • Stay off the sidewalk • Stop at all red lights and stop signs • Do not wear more than one earphone while riding • Use a white headlight and red taillight at night 4. Section 3: Commercial bicyclists must: • Wear retro-reflective outermost upper body apparel with the business's name and bicyclist's 3 -digit ID number on the back in lettering at least 1 inch high. • Wear a bicycle helmet that is in good condition o Every business using a bicycle for commercial purposes must provide or ensure the availability of protective headgear for each of its bicycle operators at no cost to such operators. • Carry a business ID card at all times when making deliveries or operating a bicycle on behalf of the business, which includes the information below: o Business name, address and phone number o Bicycle operator's name, photo and 3 -digit ID number • Every business using a bicycle for commercial purposes must provide the above items.
5.Section 4: Every business using a bicycle for commercial purposes must: • Equip each commercial bicycle with the following, in addition to the items required above: o A bell or other audible device o White headlight and red taillight o Reflex reflectors o Brakes • Maintain a roster of its bicycle operators, which includes each bicyclist's: o Name, home address, employment start date and, where applicable, date of discharge o Unique 3-digit ID number o Date of completion of DOT Commercial Bicyclist Safety course 6. Footer: For more information, please visit nyc.gov/bikes (5) Additional requirements for pedal-assist commercial bicycles.
(iv)A pedal-assist commercial bicycle may not be parked or left unattended on a sidewalk.
(v)A pedal-assist commercial bicycle shall comply with manufacturer’s weight rating specifications.
(6)Operating a bicycle sharing system without written authorization prohibited. No person may operate a bicycle sharing system in the City of New York without the prior written authorization of the Department.
(7)No person or such person's agent or employee shall leave unattended, or permit to be left unattended, any bicycle, whether or not owned by such person, in any city owned bike-rack within the jurisdiction of the department of transportation in excess of seven consecutive days. A notice may be affixed to any unattended bicycle advising that the bicycle must be removed within seven days from the date of the notice. This notice shall also state that the failure to remove the unattended bicycle within the designated time period will result in the removal of the unattended bicycle by the department of transportation, the police department, or any other agency delegated by the department of transportation. Nothing in this section shall preclude the immediate removal of any bicycle or the taking of any other action by any agency if the presence of such bicycle creates a dangerous condition by restricting vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Bicycles removed pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as lost property pursuant to article 7-B of the Personal Property Law.
(8)Additional requirements for commercial bicycles.
(q)Transportation of radioactive materials. Shipments of radioactive materials meeting or exceeding the specifications of "large quantities" and/or "fissile Class III" as specified by the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shall follow the same truck routes designated for vehicles having an overall length of 33 feet or more, in 34 RCNY § 4-13 of these rules. All such shipments are required to be so classified under the NRC license or contract before being shipped and the carrier shall obtain the proper classification. All vehicles carrying such shipments shall adhere to the rules of the fire department, the Department of Environmental Protection and 24 RCNY Health Code § 175.111.
(r)Restricted use and limited use streets.
(s)Crossing buffer zones.
(t)Horse drawn cab passenger boarding areas.
