Motorcycle Law: Driving Between Lanes

When you drive a motorcycle between traffic lanes, you are committing a 2-point moving violation called “driving between lanes”.  New York City police officers issue many tickets for this type of offense each year.
Motorcyclists engage in this maneuver to weave through traffic.  While it may be effective for getting around, it is very dangerous to [...]

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Unsafe Backing A Moving Violation?

A reader recently inquired whether unsafe backing is a moving violation.  The answer is yes.  This ticket carries 2 points is most commonly issued in New York toll plazas for motorists backing out of clogged toll lanes (although I have seen it on local roads as well for motorists backing up a long distance or [...]

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Traffic Lawyer Gets Traffic Ticket (Part 3)

I have been diligently scouring the Vehicle and Traffic Law and researching relevant case law precedents to craft a defense to my recent traffic ticket.  Allegedly, I disobeyed a traffic control device.  Click here for details.
As a New York traffic lawyer whose law firm fights the most traffic tickets throughout New York State, I need [...]

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Traffic Lawyer Gets Traffic Ticket (Part 1)

Two weeks ago, the title of this blog post would have been “Traffic Lawyer’s Wife Gets Traffic Ticket” but I decided to be nice and spare my wife the embarrassment.  Well today, it is me who is embarrassed.  (Not really, I have thick skin).
In bumper-to-bumper traffic on the westbound Long Island Expressway, I got impatient [...]

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Is New York City Bike Friendly?

I just read an article by Wes Siler of Newsweek called “Bikers And The City” where he writes that New York City is the least bike-friendly city he knows (especially when compared to his native London). He explains:
the Big Apple is bad for bikes because of the laws. New York provides no separate—much less [...]

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New York City Drivers Waste Time

After Los Angeles, New York City drivers wasted the most time out of 90 metropolitan areas.
According to the Urban Mobility Report conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute, the average New York City motorist wasted 44 hours due to rush-hour traffic congestion in 2007.
The study found that it took New York City drivers [...]

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The Worst Highway In America Located In New York City

The Cross Bronx Expressway is the single worst highway in America.    It’s 8.3 miles contain 4 of the country’s 11 worst bottlenecks, and the greater Metropolitan area has 19 of the nation’s worst 50 choke points.
The four Cross Bronx Expressway choke points are:

The west-bound approach to Exit 4B at the Bronx River Parkway (average speed [...]

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