§ 375. Equipment. 1. (a) Every motor vehicle, operated or driven upon\nthe public highways of the state, shall be provided with adequate brakes\nand steering mechanism in good working order and sufficient to control\nsuch vehicle at all times when the same is in use, and a suitable and\nadequate horn or other device for signaling, which horn or device shall\nproduce a sound sufficiently loud to serve as a danger warning but shall\nnot be used other than as a reasonable warning nor be unnecessarily loud\nor harsh.\n (b) Every such motor vehicle shall be equipped with suitable wipers or\nother device which shall clear a sufficient area of the windshields to\nprovide reasonable driving vision. (i) The use or placing of posters or\nstickers on windshields or rear windows of motor vehicles other than\nthose authorized by the commissioner, is hereby prohibited.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a summons for operating a\nmotor vehicle in violation of this subparagraph shall only be issued\nwhen there is reasonable cause to believe that the person operating such\nmotor vehicle has committed a violation of the laws of this state other\nthan a violation of this subparagraph.\n (i-a) The attaching to windshields and windshield wipers of handbills\nand other forms of advertisements, is hereby prohibited.\n (ii) In a city of one million or more, the attaching or affixing by\nany means whatsoever of handbills or other forms of advertisements to a\nmotor vehicle is hereby prohibited. In any prosecution for an alleged\nviolation of this subparagraph, there shall be a rebuttable presumption\nthat the person whose name, telephone number, or other identifying\ninformation appears on any handbill or other form of advertisement\nattached or affixed to a motor vehicle shall be in violation of the\nprovisions of this subparagraph.\n (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to those\npersons otherwise authorized to enforce this subdivision and adjudicate\nviolations thereof, the provisions of subparagraph (ii) of this\nparagraph shall also be enforceable in a city having a population of one\nmillion or more by an agency or agencies designated for such purpose by\nthe mayor of such city, and notices of violation may be returnable to\nthe environmental control board of such city, which shall have the power\nto impose the monetary penalties provided in subdivision (b) of section\neighteen hundred of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw, service of a notice of violation of subparagraph (ii) of this\nparagraph committed in such city may be made upon a person by first\nclass mail, postage prepaid, and any such notice served by mail shall be\nreturnable only to such environmental control board. Such service by\nfirst class mail shall be deemed complete upon mailing of the notice of\nviolation, unless the notice of violation is returned to the sender by\nthe United States postal service for any reason other than refusal of\ndelivery. In addition, any notice of violation for a violation of\nsubparagraph (ii) of this paragraph may be served by a means prescribed\nin article three of the civil practice law and rules or article three of\nthe business corporation law. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw, such penalties imposed by such environmental control board shall be\npaid into the general fund of such city.\n (iv) Any final order issued pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of this\nparagraph by an environmental control board of a city having a\npopulation of one million or more shall constitute a judgment which may\nbe entered in any place provided for the entry of civil judgments within\nthe state, and may be enforced without court proceeding in the same\nmanner as the enforcement of money judgments entered in civil actions.\nNotwithstanding the preceding sentence, before a judgment based upon a\ndefault may be so entered, such environmental control board must have\nnotified the respondent by firs
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