§ 1211. Limitations on backing. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall not\nback the same unless such movement can be made with safety and without\ninterfering with other traffic.\n (b) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder\nor roadway of any controlled-access highway.\n (c) the driver of a motor vehicle engaged in retail sales of frozen\ndesserts as that term is defined in subdivision thirty-seven of section\nthree hundred seventy-five of this chapter directly to pedestrians shall\nnot back the same to make or attempt to make a sale.\n
N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 1211
Limitations on backing
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Rodriguez v. City of New York (2016)
Most recently applied in 75 Misc. 3d 132 - People v. Guzman (Jason) (May 2022)
2014-09-22
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