New York Laws
Article 26 - Right of Way
1142 - Vehicle Entering Stop or Yield Intersection.

(b) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in
obedience to such sign slow down to a speed reasonable for existing
conditions, or shall stop if necessary as provided in section eleven
hundred seventy-two, and shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian
legally crossing the roadway on which he is driving, and to any vehicle
in the intersection or approaching on another highway so closely as to
constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving
across or within the intersection. Provided, however, that if such
driver is involved in a collision with a pedestrian in a crosswalk or a
vehicle in the intersection after driving past a yield sign without
stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his
failure to yield the right of way.

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