{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-1116","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Vehicle \u0026 Traffic Law § 1116","heading":"Lane-use control signal indications","body":"§ 1116. Lane-use control signal indications. Whenever traffic is\ncontrolled by lane-use control signal indications located over the\nindividual lanes of a highway, only the colors green, yellow, white and\nred shall be used, and said signals shall indicate and apply as follows:\n  (a) Traffic facing a steady downward green arrow signal indication is\npermitted to drive in the lane over which the arrow signal indication is\nlocated.\n  (b) Traffic facing a steady yellow X signal indication shall prepare\nto vacate the lane over which the signal indication is located because a\nlane control change is being made to a steady red X signal indication.\n  (c) Traffic facing a steady white two-way left-turn arrow signal\nindication is permitted to use a lane over which the signal indication\nis located for a left turn, but not for through travel, with the\nunderstanding that common use of the lane by oncoming road users for\nleft turns is also permitted.\n  (d) Traffic facing a steady white one way left-turn arrow signal\nindication is permitted to use a lane over which the signal indication\nis located for a left turn (without opposing turns in the same lane),\nbut not for through travel.\n  (e) Traffic facing a steady red X signal shall not use the lane over\nwhich the signal indication is located and this signal indication shall\nmodify accordingly the meaning of other traffic controls present.","path":["Vehicle \u0026 Traffic Law","Title 7. Rules of the Road","Article 24. Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/VAT/1116","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"1167ba498c9e396e4a171a475f77be9e25febce1999eb5c155733b50fe8589a9","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-1115","next":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-1117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}