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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1166: Required position for turning at alley, driveway, private road or onto property off the roadway

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 7. Rules of the Road
  3. Article 28. Turning and Starting and Signals On Stopping and Turning

§ 1166. Required position for turning at alley, driveway, private road

or onto property off the roadway. The driver of a vehicle intending to

turn from a roadway into an alley, driveway, private road or onto

property off the roadway, shall approach the turn as follows:

(a) Right turns. The approach for a right turn shall be made as close

as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(b) Left turns from two-way roadways. The approach for a left turn

from a two-way roadway shall be made in that portion of the right half

of the roadway nearest the center thereof.

(c) Left turns from other than two-way roadways. The approach for a

left turn from a roadway on which traffic is restricted to one direction

shall be made in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to

traffic.

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