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New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1140: Vehicle approaching or entering intersection

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 7. Rules of the Road
  3. Article 26. Right of Way

§ 1140. Vehicle approaching or entering intersection. (a) The driver

of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right of way to

a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway.

(b) When two vehicles enter an intersection from different highways at

approximately the same time the driver of the vehicle on the left shall

yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right.

(c) The right of way rules declared in subsections (a) and (b) are

modified at through highways and otherwise as stated in this title.

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