N.Y. Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1181 : Rules Of The Road — Vehicle And Traffic — Speed Restrictions — Minimum speed regulations Date: 25 Jul 2016 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237 (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. (b) Whenever a minimum speed limit has been established as authorized in sections sixteen hundred twenty or sixteen hundred forty-two, no person shall drive at a speed less than such minimum speed limit except when entering upon or preparing to exit from the highway upon which such a minimum speed limit has been established, when preparing to stop, or when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. N.Y. Veh. and Traf. Law § 1181