{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-1211","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Vehicle \u0026 Traffic Law § 1211","heading":"Limitations on backing","body":"§ 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.","path":["Vehicle \u0026 Traffic Law","Title 7. Rules of the Road","Article 33. Miscellaneous Rules"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/VAT/1211","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"b4d1b8e9f46aec15b142914aaa3b78d18375812158897bbe219479ea65d68466","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-1210","next":"us-ny/n.y.-vehicle-traffic-law-1212"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}