New York Laws
Article 28 - Turning and Starting and Signals on Stopping and Turning
1161 - U Turns in Certain Areas Prohibited.

§ 1161. U turns in certain areas prohibited. a. No motor vehicle shall
make a U turn upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest
of a grade, where such motor vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any
other motor vehicle approaching from either direction within five
hundred feet.

b. No motor vehicle shall make a U turn within a school zone. For the
purposes of this subdivision, the term "school zone" shall mean the
distance along a highway passing a school building, entrance or exit of
a school abutting on the highway for which a school sign (S1-1) has been
posted pursuant to this chapter and in compliance with the manual on
uniform traffic control devices maintained pursuant to section sixteen
hundred eighty of this chapter.

c. No altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a "stretch
limousine" having a seating capacity of nine or more passengers
including the driver shall make a U-turn upon any public highway or
private road open to public motor vehicle traffic. Every person
convicted of a violation of this subdivision shall: for a first
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred
fifty dollars nor more than four hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than fifteen days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a
conviction of a second or subsequent violation, both of which were
committed within a period of eighteen months, such person shall be
punished by a fine of not less than six hundred dollars nor more than
seven hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
forty-five days or by both such fine and imprisonment. A violation of
this subdivision wherein the violator is operating such altered motor
vehicle and such altered motor vehicle is carrying at least one
passenger other than the driver shall be punishable by a fine of not
less than seven hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars
or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or by both
such fine and imprisonment.

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