For many years it has been a violation of New York state Vehicle and Traffic Law, section 402, to cover a vehicle’s license plate with basically anything, including a clear plastic cover. Effective Sept. 1 of this year, this section and subsections of VTL have been revised to increase ...

The next several weeks are a great time for car trips, especially during the peak of the fall foliage season. So, it is time to review the main points of Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL) section 1144-a, commonly referred to as the “Slow Down — Move Over” law. The history of this law began ...

A recent article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle caught my attention. The article described what drivers did on July 16, when a tornado and winds from a related thunderstorm knocked out several traffic signals in the Rome, New York area, including on busy Erie Boulevard. According to ...

A new study has revealed that millennials are the most at-risk group of drivers on the roads. Personal injury law specialists John Foy and Associates analyzed 2022 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to find the number of drivers involved in crashes by ...

Seven out of eight small SUVs performed well in the rear crash prevention tests conducted recently by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which addresses low-speed backing crashes that account for a large portion of insurance claims. The Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, Mitsubishi ...

My columns in March and April 2023 were about sequential versus mileage-based exit numbering for interstate highways. The columns explained the difference, noting that in New York state, sequential numbering was used with a couple of exceptions. The April column requested opinions from readers ...