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2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1222 - Persons Riding on Trucks.

§ 1222. Persons  riding on trucks. 1. No operator of any motor vehicle
  commonly known as an auto truck shall operate such auto truck, nor shall
  the owner thereof permit it to be operated, for a distance in excess  of
  five  miles,  while  there  is standing therein or thereon any person or
  persons in excess of one-third of  the  number  of  persons  therein  or
  thereon:
a.  Unless  suitable  seats  are securely attached to the body of such
  auto truck;
b. Unless side racks of at least three feet in height above the  floor
  of such auto truck are securely attached; and
c.  Unless  it  shall  have attached thereto a tail board or tail gate
  which is securely closed.
The provisions of this subdivision  shall  not  apply  to  persons  or
  corporations  operating an agency or agencies for public service, who or
  which are subject  to  the  jurisdiction,  supervision  and  regulations
  prescribed  by or pursuant to the public service law nor to their agents
  or  employees  when  engaged  in  the  business  of  such   persons   or
  corporations.
2.  No  operator  of any motor vehicle commonly known as an auto truck
  shall operate such auto truck, nor shall the owner thereof permit it  to
  be  operated, in excess of five miles, while there are in excess of five
  persons under eighteen years of age in the body of such truck unless  at
  least  one  person  over eighteen years of age also rides in the body of
  said truck.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1223 - Lights on Vehicles Used for Transportation of Passengers.

§ 1223. Lights  on  vehicles  used  for  transportation of passengers.
  Unless otherwise governed by  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  every
  vehicle  used  for the transportation of ten or more passengers upon the
  public highways, such as for picnics, hayrides and sleigh rides,  shall,
  during  the  period  from  one-half  hour  after sunset to one-half hour
  before sunrise, display at least two lighted lamps on the front, one  on
  each  side,  having light sources of equal power, which shall be visible
  for a distance of at least five hundred feet ahead of  the  vehicle  and
  which  shall  project  either  white  or  yellow light, and at least two
  lighted lamps on the rear, one on each side,  having  light  sources  of
  equal  power,  which  shall  be  visible for a distance of at least five
  hundred feet behind the vehicle and which shall project red light.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1223-A - School Buses; Required Identification.

§  1223-a. School buses; required identification. All school buses, as
  defined in section one hundred forty-two  of  this  chapter,  purchased,
  leased  or  acquired  on  or  after  September  first,  nineteen hundred
  ninety-seven shall have the area code and telephone number of the  owner
  and/or  operator  printed    in three inch bold type on the rear of such
  vehicle.   Provided, however, that nothing  contained  herein  shall  be
  deemed  to  prohibit the printing of such information as herein provided
  on school buses purchased, acquired or leased prior to September  first,
  nineteen hundred ninety-seven.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1225 - Avoiding Intersection or Traffic-Control Device.

§ 1225. Avoiding  intersection  or  traffic-control  device. No person
  shall drive across or upon a sidewalk, driveway, parking lot or  private
  property,  or  otherwise  drive  off  a  roadway,  in  order to avoid an
  intersection or traffic-control device.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1225-A - Driving on Sidewalks.

§ 1225-a. Driving  on sidewalks. No person shall drive a motor vehicle
on or across a sidewalk, except that  a  vehicle  may  be  driven  at  a
reasonable  speed, but not more than five miles per hour, on or across a
sidewalk in such manner as not to interfere with the safety and  passage
of  pedestrians  thereon,  who  shall  have the right of way, when it is
reasonable and necessary:
(a) to gain access to a  public  highway,  private  way  or  lands  or
buildings adjacent to such highway or way;
(b)  in  the  conduct of work upon a highway, or upon a private way or
lands or buildings adjacent to such highway or way, or
(c) to plow snow or perform any other public  service,  for  hire,  or
otherwise,   which  could  not  otherwise  be  reasonably  and  properly
performed.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1225-B - Retail Sale of Frozen Desserts by Motor Vehicle; Restrictions.

§   1225-b.   Retail   sale  of  frozen  desserts  by  motor  vehicle;
  restrictions. 1. No person operating a motor vehicle engaged  in  retail
  sales  of  frozen  desserts  as  that  term  is  defined  in subdivision
  thirty-seven of section  three  hundred  seventy-five  of  this  chapter
  directly to pedestrians shall engage in any such retail sale: (a) unless
  such  motor  vehicle  is  lawfully parked or stopped; (b) to any person,
  unless such sale occurs from the side of the vehicle  away  from  moving
  traffic  and as near as possible to the curb or shoulder of the roadway;
  and (c) to any person standing in the roadway.
2. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a  fine  of  not
  more than fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1226 - Control of Steering Mechanism.

§ 1226. Control of steering mechanism. No person shall operate a motor
  vehicle without having at least one hand or, in the case of a physically
  handicapped  person,  at  least  one  prosthetic  device  or  aid on the
  steering mechanism at all times when the motor vehicle is in motion.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1227 - Consumption or Possession of Alcoholic Beverages in Certain Motor Vehicles.

§ 1227.  Consumption  or  possession of alcoholic beverages in certain
  motor vehicles. 1. The drinking of alcoholic beverages or consumption of
  cannabis, or the possession of an open container containing an alcoholic
  beverage, in a  motor  vehicle  located  upon  the  public  highways  or
  right-of-way  public  highway  is  prohibited. Any operator or passenger
  violating this section shall be guilty of a traffic infraction.
The provisions of this section shall not be  deemed  to  prohibit  the
  drinking  of  alcoholic  beverages, the consumption of cannabis by means
  other than burning, or the possession of an open container containing an
  alcoholic beverage by passengers in passenger vehicles operated pursuant
  to a certificate or permit issued by the department of transportation or
  the  United  States  department  of  transportation.  Furthermore,   the
  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  be  deemed  to  prohibit  the
  possession of wine  which  is:  (a)  resealed  in  accordance  with  the
  provisions  of  subdivision  four of section eighty-one of the alcoholic
  beverage control law; and (b) is transported in the vehicle's  trunk  or
  is  transported  behind the last upright seat or in an area not normally
  occupied by the driver or passenger in  a  motor  vehicle  that  is  not
  equipped with a trunk.
2.  For the purposes of this section, a passenger vehicle shall mean a
  vehicle designed to carry ten or  more  passengers  and  used  to  carry
  passengers for profit or hire.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1228 - Riding in House Coach Trailers.

§ 1228. Riding  in  house  coach  trailers.  No  person  shall drive a
  vehicle on a public highway while drawing a house coach trailer occupied
  by any person and no person shall occupy a house coach trailer while  it
  is being drawn upon a public highway.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1229 - Sign Required on Privately-Owned Vehicle Used in Delivery of Mail.

§ 1229. Sign  required  on privately-owned vehicle used in delivery of
  mail. 1. Every person operating a privately-owned vehicle in  delivering
  the  United  States  mail  to  the addressee thereof shall affix to such
  vehicle a white sign, visible from the rear,  containing  the  following
  statement:
U. S. MAIL
 
  Such  statement  shall  be  in  black  lettering at least four inches in
  height.
2. Every person who violates the provisions of this section  shall  be
  punishable   by   a   fine  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  or  by
  imprisonment for not more than  ten  days  or  by  both  such  fine  and
  imprisonment.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1229-A - Pedestrians, Animals, and Non-Motorized Vehicles Prohibited on State Expressway Highways or State Interstate Route Highways Including the Entrances Thereto and Exits Therefrom.

§ 1229-a. Pedestrians,  animals, and non-motorized vehicles prohibited
  on  state  expressway  highways  or  state  interstate  route   highways
  including  the  entrances thereto and exits therefrom. No person, unless
  otherwise directed by a police  officer  shall:  (a)  As  a  pedestrian,
  occupy  any  space  within  the  limits of a state expressway highway or
  state interstate route highway,  including  the  entrances  thereto  and
  exits  therefrom,  except:  in  a  rest  area,  parking  area, or scenic
  overlook; in the performance of public works or official  duties;  as  a
  result  of  an  emergency  caused by an accident or breakdown of a motor
  vehicle  or  to  obtain  assistance;  where  a  sidewalk,  footpath   or
  pedestrian  crossing of such a highway is provided; (b) Occupy any space
  of a  state  expressway  highway  or  state  interstate  route  highway,
  including   the   entrances   thereto  and  exits  therefrom,  with:  an
  animal-drawn vehicle; herded animals, a pushcart; a bicycle;  except  in
  the performance of public works or official duties, or on paths or parts
  of such highway provided for such uses.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 33 - Miscellaneous Rules › 1229-B - Operation of School, Camp and Charter Omnibuses With Passengers Standing Prohibited.

§  1229-b.  Operation  of  school,  camp  and  charter  omnibuses with
passengers standing prohibited. 1. When  the  number  of  passengers  is
greater  than  the  number  of  seats available, it shall be unlawful to
operate a camp or  charter  omnibus  upon  the  public  highways  for  a
distance of ten miles or more with any passenger standing.
2.  It  shall be unlawful to operate upon the public highways a school
bus owned by or contracted to  a  school  district  with  any  passenger
standing  whenever  it is employed exclusively for the transportation of
students under the age of  twenty-one  and  teachers  or  other  persons
acting in a supervisory capacity to or from school or school activities,
except as provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subdivision:
(a)  Standing  passengers  may  be  permitted  on  such  a school bus,
provided that the number of standing passengers on a  school  bus  shall
not  exceed  the  limit  established  in  the following schedule for the
applicable time period:
Period:                              Not more than:
Through June 30, 2001                 20% of approved seating capacity
Between July 1, 2001 and              15% of approved seating capacity
 June 30, 2002
Between July 1, 2002 and              10% of approved seating capacity
 June 30, 2003
Between July 1, 2003 and              5% of approved seating capacity
 June 30, 2004
(b) Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this  section  to  the
contrary,  standing passengers may be permitted without limitation as to
number during the first ten days of session in each school year, and  in
circumstances   where   a   breakdown,  accident,  or  other  unforeseen
occurrence necessitates the transportation of standing passengers.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed  to  restrict
the  power  of  a city with a population of one million or more to adopt
and enforce local laws that comply with at least the minimum  applicable
standards set forth in this section.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1230 - Effect of Regulations.

§ 1230. Effect  of  regulations.  (a)  The parent of any child and the
guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly  permit  any  such
child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this article.
(b)  These  regulations  applicable  to  bicycles or to in-line skates
shall apply whenever a bicycle is, or in-line skates are, operated  upon
any highway, upon private roads open to public motor vehicle traffic and
upon  any  path  set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, or in-line
skates, or both.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1231 - Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Riding Bicycles or Skating or Gliding on In-Line Skates.

§ 1231. Traffic  laws  apply  to persons riding bicycles or skating or
  gliding on in-line skates.  Every person riding a bicycle or skating  or
  gliding  on  in-line  skates  upon a roadway shall be granted all of the
  rights and shall be subject to all  of  the  duties  applicable  to  the
  driver  of  a vehicle by this title, except as to special regulations in
  this article and except as to those provisions of this  title  which  by
  their nature can have no application.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1232 - Riding on Bicycles.

§ 1232. Riding  on  bicycles.  (a) A person propelling a bicycle shall
not ride other than  upon  or  astride  a  permanent  and  regular  seat
attached  thereto,  nor  shall  he  ride  with his feet removed from the
pedals.
(b) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at  one  time  than
the number for which it is designed and equipped.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1233 - Clinging to Vehicles.

§ 1233. Clinging  to  vehicles.  1. No person riding upon any bicycle,
coaster, in-line skates,  roller  skates,  skate  board,  sled,  or  toy
vehicle shall attach the same or himself or herself to any vehicle being
operated upon a roadway.
2.  No  person  shall  ride on or attach himself to the outside of any
vehicle being operated upon a roadway.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(i) vehicles in an emergency  operation  as  defined  in  section  one
hundred fourteen-b of this chapter; and
(ii)  farm type tractors used exclusively for agricultural purposes or
other farm equipment; and
(iii) riding on the open, uncovered cargo area of  a  truck  with  the
permission of the operator of such truck; and
(iv) vehicles employed by a municipality for local garbage collection;
and
(v) vehicles participating in a parade pursuant to a municipal permit.
3. No vehicle operator shall knowingly permit any person to attach any
device or himself to such operator's vehicle in violation of subdivision
one or subdivision two of this section.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1234 - Riding on Roadways, Shoulders, Bicycle or In-Line Skate Lanes and Bicycle or In-Line Skate Paths.

§ 1234. Riding  on roadways, shoulders, bicycle or in-line skate lanes
and bicycle or in-line skate paths. (a) Upon all roadways,  any  bicycle
or  in-line  skate shall be driven either on a usable bicycle or in-line
skate lane or, if a usable bicycle or in-line skate lane  has  not  been
provided,  near  the  right-hand  curb  or edge of the roadway or upon a
usable right-hand  shoulder  in  such  a  manner  as  to  prevent  undue
interference  with  the flow of traffic except when preparing for a left
turn or when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that would make it
unsafe to continue along near the right-hand curb or edge. Conditions to
be taken into consideration include, but are not limited  to,  fixed  or
moving   objects,   vehicles,  bicycles,  in-line  skates,  pedestrians,
animals, surface hazards or traffic lanes too narrow for  a  bicycle  or
person  on  in-line  skates  and a vehicle to travel safely side-by-side
within the lane.
(b) Persons riding bicycles or skating or gliding  on  in-line  skates
upon  a  roadway  shall  not  ride more than two abreast. Persons riding
bicycles or skating or  gliding  on  in-line  skates  upon  a  shoulder,
bicycle  or  in-line  skate  lane,  or  bicycle  or in-line skates path,
intended for the use of bicycles or in-line skates may ride two or  more
abreast  if  sufficient  space  is available, except that when passing a
vehicle, bicycle or person on in-line skates, or pedestrian, standing or
proceeding along such shoulder, lane or path, persons riding bicycles or
skating or gliding on in-line skates shall ride, skate, or glide  single
file.  Persons  riding  bicycles or skating or gliding on in-line skates
upon a roadway shall ride,  skate,  or  glide  single  file  when  being
overtaken by a vehicle.
(c)  Any  person  operating a bicycle or skating or gliding on in-line
skates who is entering the roadway from a private road, driveway,  alley
or over a curb shall come to a full stop before entering the roadway.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1235 - Carrying Articles.

§ 1235. Carrying  articles.  No person operating a bicycle shall carry
  any package, bundle, or article which prevents the driver  from  keeping
  at  least one hand upon the handle bars. No person skating or gliding on
  in-line skates  shall  carry  any  package,  bundle,  or  article  which
  obstructs  his  or  her  vision  in any direction. No person operating a
  skate board shall carry any package, bundle, or article which  obstructs
  his or her vision in any direction.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1236 - Lamps and Other Equipment on Bicycles.

§ 1236. Lamps  and other equipment on bicycles. (a) Every bicycle when
in use during the period from one-half hour  after  sunset  to  one-half
hour  before  sunrise  shall  be equipped with a lamp on the front which
shall emit a white  light  visible  during  hours  of  darkness  from  a
distance  of  at  least five hundred feet to the front and with a red or
amber light visible to the rear for three hundred feet.  Effective  July
first,  nineteen hundred seventy-six, at least one of these lights shall
be visible for two hundred feet from each side.
(b) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it  is  equipped  with  a
bell  or  other device capable of giving a signal audible for a distance
of at least one hundred  feet,  except  that  a  bicycle  shall  not  be
equipped  with  nor  shall  any  person  use upon a bicycle any siren or
whistle.
(c) Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will enable the
operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
(d) Every new bicycle shall be  equipped  with  reflective  tires  or,
alternately,  a  reflex  reflector  mounted on the spokes of each wheel,
said tires and reflectors to be of types approved by  the  commissioner.
The  reflex  reflector  mounted on the front wheel shall be colorless or
amber, and the reflex reflector mounted  on  the  rear  wheel  shall  be
colorless or red.
(e)  Every  bicycle  when  in use during the period from one-half hour
after sunset to one-half hour before  sunrise  shall  be  equipped  with
reflective  devices  or  material  meeting  the standards established by
rules  and  regulations  promulgated  by  the  commissioner;   provided,
however, that such standards shall not be inconsistent with or otherwise
conflict  with  the  requirements  of  subdivisions  (a) and (d) of this
section.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1237 - Method of Giving Hand and Arm Signals by Bicyclists.

§ 1237. Method  of  giving  hand  and  arm  signals by bicyclists. All
  signals herein required to be given by bicyclists by hand and arm  shall
  be  given  in  the  following  manner and such signals shall indicate as
  follows:
1. Left turn. Left hand and arm extended horizontally.
2. Right turn. Left hand and arm extended upward or right hand and arm
  extended horizontally.
3. Stop or decrease speed. Left hand and arm extended downward.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1239 - Reflective Material and Devices for In-Line Skating.

§  1239.  Reflective  material  and  devices  for in-line skating. The
  commissioner is hereby directed to promulgate rules and  regulations  to
  establish  standards  for  reflective  devices  and/or  material  to  be
  equipped  into  in-line  skates  pursuant  to  section   three   hundred
  ninety-one-m of the general business law.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1240 - Leaving the Scene of an Incident Involving a Wheeled Non-Motorized Means of Conveyance Without Reporting in the Second Degree.

§  1240.  Leaving  the  scene  of  an  incident  involving  a  wheeled
  non-motorized means  of  conveyance  without  reporting  in  the  second
  degree.  1.  Any  person age eighteen years or older operating a wheeled
  non-motorized  means  of  conveyance,  including,  but  not  limited  to
  bicycles,  in-line  skates, roller skates and skate boards, who, knowing
  or having cause to know, that physical injury, as defined in subdivision
  nine of section 10.00 of the penal  law,  has  been  caused  to  another
  person,  due  to the operation of such non-motorized means of conveyance
  by such person, shall, before leaving the place where the said  physical
  injury  occurred,  stop,  and  provide his name and residence, including
  street and street number, to the injured party, if practical,  and  also
  to  a  police  officer, or in the event that no police officer is in the
  vicinity of the place of said injury, then such person shall report said
  incident as soon as physically able to the  nearest  police  station  or
  judicial officer.
2.  Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled non-motorized
  means of  conveyance  without  reporting  in  the  second  degree  is  a
  violation.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1241 - Leaving the Scene of an Incident Involving a Wheeled Non-Motorized Means of Conveyance Without Reporting in the First Degree.

§  1241.  Leaving  the  scene  of  an  incident  involving  a  wheeled
  non-motorized means of conveyance without reporting in the first degree.
  1.  Any  person  age  eighteen  years  or  older  operating  a   wheeled
  non-motorized  means  of  conveyance,  including,  but  not  limited  to
  bicycles, in-line skates, roller skates and skate boards,  who,  knowing
  or  having  cause  to  know, that serious physical injury, as defined in
  subdivision ten of section 10.00 of the penal law, has  been  caused  to
  another  person,  due  to  the  operation of such non-motorized means of
  conveyance by such person, shall, before leaving  the  place  where  the
  said  serious  physical  injury occurred, stop, and provide his name and
  residence, including street and street number, to the injured party,  if
  practical,  and also to a police officer, or in the event that no police
  officer is in the vicinity of the place of said injury, then such person
  shall report said incident as soon as physically  able  to  the  nearest
  police station or judicial officer.
2.  Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled non-motorized
  means of conveyance without reporting in the first degree is a  class  B
  misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Devices › 1243 - Shared Bicycle and Shared Bicycle With Electric Assist Systems; Data Protection.

§  1243.  Shared  bicycle  and  shared  bicycle  with  electric assist
  systems; data protection. 1. The governing body of  any  city,  town  or
  village  may,  by  local  law,  ordinance,  order,  rule  or regulation,
  authorize and regulate shared bicycle systems  or  shared  bicycle  with
  electric  assist  systems  within  such  city,  town or village. No such
  shared systems shall operate within a city, town or  village  except  as
  authorized  by such local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation. For
  the purposes of this subdivision, the  term  shared  bicycle  system  or
  shared  bicycle  with  electric  assist  system  shall mean a network of
  self-service and publicly available bicycles or bicycles  with  electric
  assist  in  which  a bicycle or bicycle with electric assist trip begins
  and/or ends on any public highway.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  all
  trip  data,  personal  information,  images,  videos, and other recorded
  images collected by any shared bicycle system  or  shared  bicycle  with
  electric  assist  system  which  is authorized to operate within a city,
  town or village pursuant to this section: (a) shall be for the exclusive
  use of such shared bicycle or shared bicycle with electric assist system
  and shall not be sold, distributed, or otherwise made available for  any
  commercial  purpose  and  (b)  shall  not be disclosed or otherwise made
  accessible except (i) to the person who is the  subject  of  such  data,
  information  or  record;  or  (ii)  if necessary to comply with a lawful
  court order, judicial warrant signed by a judge  appointed  pursuant  to
  article   III  of  the  United  States  constitution,  or  subpoena  for
  individual data, information or records properly issued pursuant to  the
  criminal  procedure  law  or the civil practice law and rules. Provided,
  however, that nothing contained in this paragraph  shall  be  deemed  to
  preclude  the  exchange  of  such  data,  information or recorded images
  solely for the purpose of administering such authorized  shared  system.
  For  the purposes of this subdivision, "personal information" shall mean
  information that identifies an individual, including but not limited  to
  name,  address,  telephone  number,  and  the  type  and form of payment
  including credit card  number,  debit  card  number,  or  other  payment
  method.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-A - Operation of Motorcycles › 1250 - Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Operating Motorcycles.

§ 1250. Traffic  laws  apply  to persons operating motorcycles.  Every
  person operating a motorcycle shall be granted all  of  the  rights  and
  shall  be  subject  to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any
  other vehicle under this title, except as to special regulations in this
  article and except as to those provisions of this title which  by  their
  nature can have no application.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-A - Operation of Motorcycles › 1251 - Riding on Motorcycles.

§ 1251. Riding  on  motorcycles.  (a)  A person operating a motorcycle
shall ride only upon the permanent and regular  seat  attached  thereto,
and  such  operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other
person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to  carry
more  than  one  person,  in  which  event a passenger may ride upon the
permanent and regular seat if designed for two persons, or upon  another
seat  firmly  attached  to  the  motorcycle  at  the rear or side of the
operator.
(b) A person shall ride upon a motorcycle only while  sitting  astride
the  seat,  facing forward, with one leg on each side of the motorcycle,
unless said person is seated in a sidecar affixed to said motorcycle.
(c) No person shall operate a motorcycle while carrying  any  package,
bundle  or  other  article which prevents him from keeping both hands on
the handlebars.
(d) No operator shall carry any person, nor shall any person ride,  in
a  position  that  will  interfere  with the operation or control of the
motorcycle or the view of the operator.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-A - Operation of Motorcycles › 1252 - Operating Motorcycles on Roadways Laned for Traffic.

§ 1252. Operating  motorcycles  on roadways laned for traffic. (a) All
motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor  vehicle  or
motorcycle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle
of  the  full  use  of  a  lane.  However,  this subsection shall not be
construed to prevent motorcycles from being operated two  abreast  in  a
single lane.
(b)  The  operator  of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the
same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.
(c) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of  traffic  or
between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
(d)  Motorcycles  shall  not  be  operated  more than two abreast in a
single lane.
(e) Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to police officers in  the
performance of their official duties.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-B - Riding Horses › 1260 - Effect of Regulations.

§ 1260. Effect  of  regulations.  (a)  The parent of any child and the
guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly  permit  any  such
child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this article.
(b)  These  regulations  applicable  to  horses shall apply whenever a
horse is ridden or led upon any highway and upon private roads  open  to
public motor vehicle traffic.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-B - Riding Horses › 1261 - Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Riding or Leading Horses.

§ 1261. Traffic  laws apply to persons riding or leading horses. Every
  person riding or leading a horse upon a roadway  shall  be  granted  all
  rights  and  shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver
  of a vehicle by this title, except as to  special  regulations  in  this
  article  and  except as to those provisions of this title which by their
  nature can have no application.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-B - Riding Horses › 1262 - Riding on Roadways, Shoulders and Horse Paths.

§ 1262. Riding  on  roadways,  shoulders and horse paths. (a) Upon all
roadways, horses shall be ridden or led either near the right hand  curb
or  edge  of  the  roadway or upon a usable right-hand shoulder, lane or
path in such a manner as to prevent undue interference with the flow  of
traffic.
(b) Persons riding or leading horses upon a roadway shall do so single
file.
(c)  Any  person riding or leading a horse who is entering the roadway
from a private road, driveway, alley or over  a  curb  shall  bring  the
horse to a full stop before entering the roadway.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-B - Riding Horses › 1264 - Ban on Night Riding.

§ 1264. Ban on night riding. No person shall ride or lead a horse upon
  a  roadway during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half
  hour before sunrise.  The provisions of this section shall not apply  to
  horse-drawn  carriages  or  carts  or police officers, peace officers or
  park rangers mounted on horseback.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-B - Riding Horses › 1265 - Wearing of Helmets.

§  1265.  Wearing of helmets. 1. No person less than eighteen years of
age shall ride a horse unless such person is wearing a helmet meeting or
exceeding ASTM F1163 (Safety Equipment Institute  certified)  Equestrian
Standard.  For purposes of this section, "certified" shall mean that the
helmet's manufacturer agrees to the rules and  provisions  of  a  system
that  includes  independent testing and quality control audits, and that
each helmet manufactured by such manufacturer is permanently marked with
the certifying body's registered mark or logo before such helmet is sold
or offered for sale. For the purposes of this section, wearing a  helmet
means  having  a  helmet  fastened  securely  upon  the  head  using the
manufacturer's fitting guidelines for the particular model used.
2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall pay  a
civil  fine  not  to  exceed two hundred fifty dollars. A police officer
shall only issue a summons for a violation of this section by  a  person
less than eighteen years of age to the parent or guardian of such person
if  the violation by such person occurs in the presence of such person's
parent or guardian and where such parent or guardian is  eighteen  years
of  age  or  more.  Such  summons shall only be issued to such parent or
guardian, and shall not be issued to the person less than eighteen years
of age.
3. (a) The court shall waive any civil fine for  which  a  person  who
violates  the  provisions of this section would be liable if such person
supplies the court with proof that between the date of violation and the
appearance date for such violation such person  purchased  or  rented  a
helmet.
(b) The court may waive any civil fine for which a person who violates
the  provisions  of  the section would be liable if the court finds that
due to reasons of economic hardship such person was unable to purchase a
helmet.
4. The failure of any person to comply with  the  provisions  of  this
section  shall  not  constitute contributory negligence or assumption of
risk, and shall not in any way bar, preclude or foreclose an action  for
personal injury or wrongful death by or on behalf of such person, nor in
any way diminish or reduce the damages recoverable in any such action.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-C - Operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › 1270 - Effect of Regulations.

§  1270.  Effect  of  regulations.  1. The parent of any child and the
  guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly  permit  any  such
  child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this article.
2.   These  regulations  applicable  to  electric  personal  assistive
  mobility devices shall apply whenever  an  electric  personal  assistive
  mobility  device, pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-one of this
  article, is operated upon any highway, upon private roads open to public
  motor vehicle traffic, upon any  designated  bicycle  or  in-line  skate
  lane.    Additionally,  if  the  governing body of any county not wholly
  included within a city, city with a population of less than one million,
  town or village which authorizes the use of electric personal  assistive
  mobility  devices  upon  any  place  not specifically authorized by this
  article,  such  as  sidewalks  these  regulations  shall  be  applicable
  thereon.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-C - Operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › 1271 - Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Operating Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices; Local Laws.

§  1271.  Traffic  laws  apply  to persons operating electric personal
assistive mobility devices; local laws.  1.  Except  in  cities  with  a
population  of  one million or more and except as provided by local law,
ordinance, order, rule or regulation enacted or promulgated pursuant  to
subdivision two of this section, an electric personal assistive mobility
device  may  only  be  operated on highways with a posted speed limit of
thirty miles per hour or less, including non-interstate public highways,
private roads open to motor vehicle traffic, and designated  bicycle  or
in-line  skate  lanes.  Every  person  operating  an  electric  personal
assistive mobility device upon a roadway shall be  granted  all  of  the
rights  and  shall  be  subject  to  all of the duties applicable to the
driver of a vehicle by this title, except as to special  regulations  in
this  article  and  except as to those provisions of this title which by
their nature can have no application; provided, however, that  when  the
operator  of  an electric personal assistive mobility device is making a
left turn at or crossing an intersection, such operator  shall  use  the
designated crosswalk for such purpose.
2.  (a)  The governing body of any county not wholly included within a
city, city with a population of less than one million, town  or  village
may,  by  local  law,  ordinance,  order,  rule  or  regulation, further
regulate the time,  place  and  manner  of  the  operation  of  electric
personal  assistive  mobility  devices  including authorizing the use of
electric personal assistive mobility devices on sidewalks, and limiting,
prohibiting entirely or prohibiting the use thereof in  specified  areas
under the jurisdiction of such county not wholly included within a city,
city with a population of less than one million, town or village.
(b) The operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices in a
city having a population of one million or more is prohibited.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-C - Operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › 1272 - Operating Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices.

§  1272. Operating electric personal assistive mobility devices. 1. No
  electric personal assistive mobility device shall be used to carry  more
  persons  at  one  time than the number for which such device is designed
  and  equipped.  No  person  operating  an  electric  personal  assistive
  mobility device shall carry any person as a passenger in a pack fastened
  to the operator or fastened to such device.
2.  No  person  shall  operate an electric personal assistive mobility
  device outside during the period of time  between  one-half  hour  after
  sunset  and  one-half  hour before sunrise unless such person is wearing
  readily visible reflective clothing or material which is of a  light  or
  bright color.
3.  No person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device
  shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents  the  operator
  from  keeping  at least one hand upon the handle bars or which obstructs
  his or her vision in any direction.
4. Every person operating  an  electric  personal  assistive  mobility
  device shall yield the right of way to pedestrians and motor vehicles.
5.  Every  operator  of an electric personal assistive mobility device
  shall be sixteen years of age or older.
6. No person shall operate an  electric  personal  assistive  mobility
  device in a state park or historic site.
7.  If  the  governing body of any county not wholly included within a
  city, city with a population of less than one million, town  or  village
  shall  authorize the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices
  upon any sidewalk, such authorization shall  not  permit  the  operation
  thereof  at  a speed in excess of eight miles per hour. Additionally, if
  such authorization is granted,  no  operator  of  an  electric  personal
  assistive  mobility  device  shall  overtake  a pedestrian on a sidewalk
  unless there is adequate  space  for  the  personal  assistive  mobility
  device  to  pass  around  the  pedestrian  and  warning is given to such
  pedestrian through the audible device  defined  in  subdivision  two  of
  section twelve hundred seventy-five of this article.
8. A first violation of the provisions of this section shall result in
  no  fine.  A second or subsequent violation shall result in a civil fine
  not to exceed fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-C - Operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › 1273 - Clinging to Vehicles.

§  1273.  Clinging  to  vehicles.  1.  No person operating an electric
  personal assistive mobility device shall attach such device, or  himself
  or herself to any vehicle being operated upon a roadway.
2. No vehicle operator shall knowingly permit any person to attach any
  electric  personal  assistive  mobility  device or himself or herself to
  such operator's vehicle in violation of subdivision one of this section.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-C - Operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › 1274 - Riding on Roadways, Shoulders and Lanes Reserved for Non-Motorized Vehicles and Devices.

§   1274.  Riding  on  roadways,  shoulders  and  lanes  reserved  for
  non-motorized vehicles and devices. 1. Upon all roadways,  any  electric
  personal  assistive mobility device shall be operated either on a usable
  bicycle or in-line skate lane or, if a usable bicycle or  in-line  skate
  lane  has  not  been  provided,  near the right-hand curb or edge of the
  roadway or upon a usable right-hand shoulder in  such  a  manner  as  to
  prevent  undue  interference  with  the  flow  of  traffic  except  when
  preparing to enter into a crosswalk to turn  left  at  or  to  cross  an
  intersection or when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that would
  make it unsafe to continue along near the right-hand curb or edge of the
  roadway.  Conditions to be taken into consideration include, but are not
  limited  to,  fixed  or  moving  objects,  vehicles,  bicycles,  in-line
  skaters,  pedestrians,  animals,  surface  hazards and traffic lanes too
  narrow for an electric personal assistive mobility device and a  vehicle
  to travel safely side-by-side within the lane.
2. Persons operating electric personal assistive mobility devices upon
  a  roadway  shall  ride single file. Persons operating electric personal
  assistive mobility devices upon a shoulder,  bicycle  or  in-line  skate
  lane,  or  bicycle  or  in-line  skate  path,  intended  for  the use of
  bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices or in-line skates
  may ride two or more abreast if sufficient space  is  available,  except
  that  when  passing  a  vehicle,  bicycle,  electric  personal assistive
  mobility device, person on in-line  skates  or  pedestrian  standing  or
  proceeding along such shoulder, lane or path, persons operating electric
  personal assistive mobility devices shall operate such devices in single
  file.
3. Any person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device
  who is entering the roadway from a private road, driveway, alley or over
  a curb shall come to a full stop before entering the roadway.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-C - Operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › 1275 - Lamps and Other Equipment.

§  1275.  Lamps  and  other  equipment.  1.  Every  electric  personal
  assistive mobility device when in use during the  period  from  one-half
  hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise shall be equipped with
  a  lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible during hours
  of darkness from a distance of at least five hundred feet to  the  front
  and  with  a  red  light  visible to the rear for three hundred feet. At
  least one of these lights shall be visible for  two  hundred  feet  from
  each side.
2.  No  person  shall  operate an electric personal assistive mobility
  device unless it is equipped with a bell  or  other  device  capable  of
  giving  a  signal  audible  for a distance of at least one hundred feet,
  except that such device shall not be equipped with nor shall any  person
  use upon such device any siren or whistle.
3. Every electric personal assistive mobility device shall be equipped
  with  a  system  that  enables  the  operator  to  bring the device to a
  controlled stop.
2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-C - Operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › 1276 - Operators to Wear Protective Headgear.

§ 1276. Operators to wear protective headgear. 1. No person shall ride
  upon,  propel  or  otherwise  operate  an  electric  personal  assistive
  mobility device unless such person is wearing a helmet meeting standards
  established  by  the  commissioner  pursuant  to   the   provisions   of
  subdivision  two-a of section twelve hundred thirty-eight of this title.
  As used in this subdivision, wearing a helmet means  having  a  properly
  fitting helmet fixed securely on the head of such wearer with the helmet
  straps securely fastened.
2.  Any  person who violates the provisions of subdivision one of this
  section shall pay a civil fine not to exceed fifty dollars.
3. The court shall waive any fine for which a person who violates  the
  provisions  of  subdivision  one of this section would be liable if such
  person supplies the court with proof that between the date of  violation
  and  the  appearance  date  for  such violation such person purchased or
  rented a helmet, which meets the requirements of subdivision one of this
  section, or if the court finds that due to reasons of economic  hardship
  such  person  was  unable  to  purchase a helmet or due to such economic
  hardship such person was unable to obtain a helmet  from  the  statewide
  in-line skate and bicycle helmet distribution program, as established in
  section two hundred six of the public health law or a local distribution
  program.  Such  waiver of fine shall not apply to a second or subsequent
  conviction under subdivision one of this section.
4. The failure of any person to comply with  the  provisions  of  this
  section  shall  not  constitute contributory negligence or assumption of
  risk, and shall not in any way bar, preclude or foreclose an action  for
  personal injury or wrongful death by or on behalf of such person, nor in
  any way diminish or reduce the damages recoverable in any such action.
5.  A  police  officer  shall  only issue a summons for a violation of
  subdivision one of this section by a person less than fourteen years  of
  age  to  the  parent or guardian of such person if the violation by such
  person occurs in the presence of such person's parent  or  guardian  and
  where  such  parent  or guardian is eighteen years of age or older. Such
  summons shall only be issued to such parent or guardian, and  shall  not
  be issued to the person less than fourteen years of age.