Category: Traffic Rules and Regulations

NYC Vision Zero Report

NYC’s Vision Zero Annual Report: How The Program Makes City Streets Safer

Thanks To Vision Zero, NYC Streets Are Safer Good news has hit the streets of NYC and it benefits all drivers, bikers and pedestrians alike. A recent city report shows that the city is experiencing a steady decline in pedestrian deaths and serious accidents.  Learn about the NYC Vision Zero

Beware around Bike Lanes

NYC Bike Lanes: A Safe Driver’s Guide

Move Over Drivers And Make Way For The Bike Lane Biking has become more popular in New York City over the past few decades. Back in the day, it might have been a rarity to see someone biking in the city, let alone see bike lanes. Now, the practice is

Always drive safely in a school zone

How to Drive Safely in A NYC School Zone

School Zones Should Be Safe Spaces It should come as no surprise that all NYC drivers should take extra care when driving in school zones and other areas where students frequent. Afterall, there is no reason to drive dangerously around schools and the city wants drivers to know that. The city

Distracted driving is dangerous

Distracted Driving In NYC: Why You Should Keep Your Eyes On The Road

Keep Your Eyes On The Road… As technology becomes more involved in our lives, especially in cars, distracted driving is fast becoming one of the country’s biggest health concerns. How many times have you seen someone texting, speaking on the phone or even eating while driving? While many of us think

The dmv driver point system will add points to your license

Your Clutch Driver’s Guide To The NYS Driver Point System

The NYS DMV Driver Point System New York City operates under the Driver Point System which the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) mandates. The state set up the driver point system to ensure an easier way for the DMV to identify and take action against high-risk drivers. Here, the

bus lane violation

Stay In Your Lane: How To Avoid A NYC Bus Lane Violation

Bus Lanes Are Important To New York City The streets of NYC have many stakeholders.  Pedestrians, bikers and motorist alike all use the roads to get around the city. One of the biggest and most important stakeholders, of course, is the MTA city bus.  Subsequently, bus exclusive lanes are important

dtivers with multiple violations beware

Watch Out! The City Wants To Go After Drivers With Multiple Violations

Drivers With Multiple Violations Beware Drivers with multiple violations, watch out! You may face tighter scrutiny from the city very soon. Following a string of deadly traffic accidents, including a heart-breaking incident in Park Slope that killed two young children and injured three adults, the city is starting to take

progressive fines can change the way parking tickets work in NYC

Progressive Fines: Should NYC Use Income-Based Parking Tickets?

Can Progressive Fines Help New Yorkers? Walking up to your car and finding that bright orange parking ticket slapped on your windshield is the worst. In New York City, drivers have 99 problems and all of them lead to parking tickets. We’re actually not kidding. There are 99 different parking regulations in

NYC Traffic Ticket

How To Fight Your NYC Traffic Ticket

Want to Dispute An NYC Traffic Ticket? As we have mentioned before in our article on how to pay your traffic ticket, while the focus of Parkingtickets.org is mainly to help drivers learn about parking tickets in NYC, we do get many questions from readers about NYC traffic tickets. Here, regulations and penalties can

Safety Zone

What All Drivers Must Know About The NYC Safety Zone

Ever Got This Obscure Parking Ticket? Have you ever received a ticket for parking in a safety zone? This ticket might have left you baffled, especially if you believe you parked legally. Afterall, you may be asking yourself, what the heck is a safety zone anyway? While drivers encounter them