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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1130: Divided and controlled-access highways

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 7. Rules of the Road
  3. Article 25. Driving On Right Side of Roadway, Overtaking and Passing, Etc

§ 1130. Divided and controlled-access highways. 1. Whenever any

highway has been divided into two or more roadways by leaving an

intervening space or by a physical barrier or clearly indicated dividing

section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle

shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway unless directed or

permitted to use another roadway by official traffic-control devices or

police officers. No vehicle shall be driven over, across, or within any

such dividing space, barrier, or section, except through an opening in

such physical barrier or dividing section or space or at a crossover or

intersection, as established, unless specifically authorized by public

authority.

2. No person shall drive a motor vehicle or motorcycle onto or from

any controlled-access highway except at the established entrances and

exits thereof unless directed or permitted to use another entrance or

exit by official traffic-control devices or police officers.

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