2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 7 - Rules of the Road › Article 34-D - Operation of Electric Scooters › 1281 - Traffic Laws Apply to Persons Operating Electric Scooters; Local Laws.

§  1281.  Traffic  laws  apply to persons operating electric scooters;
local laws. 1. Every person riding an electric scooter  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 and the rider of a  bicycle
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.
2.  (a)  Except  as  provided  in  paragraphs  (b)  and  (c)  of  this
subdivision, the governing body of any city, town  or  village  may,  by
local  law  or ordinance, further regulate the time, place and manner of
the operation of electric  scooters,  including,  but  not  limited  to,
maximum speed, requiring the use of protective headgear, and the wearing
of  readily  visible  reflective  clothing  or  material by operators of
electric scooters, and may limit, prohibit the use thereof in  specified
areas,  or  prohibit  entirely  the use of electric scooters within such
city, town, or village, provided that adequate signage is visibly posted
outside the boundaries of such prohibited areas.
(b) The governing body of any city, town or village in the counties of
Nassau or Suffolk may, by local law or ordinance, further  regulate  the
time, place and manner of the operation of electric scooters, including,
but  not  limited  to,  maximum  speed,  requiring the use of protective
headgear, and the wearing of  readily  visible  reflective  clothing  or
material  by  operators  of  electric  scooters only after adoption of a
local law or ordinance by the governing body of the county in which  the
city, town or village is located. Provided, however, that the provisions
of  this  paragraph  shall  not  apply to the adoption of a local law or
ordinance by a city, town or  village  in  the  counties  of  Nassau  or
Suffolk  pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision
to prohibit the use of electric scooters in specified areas, or prohibit
entirely the use of electric scooters within such city, town or village,
provided that adequate signage is visibly posted outside the  boundaries
of such prohibited areas.
(c)  The  governing  body  of  any  town  or  village in the county of
Westchester may, by local law or ordinance, further regulate  the  time,
place  and  manner of the operation of electric scooters, including, but
not limited to, maximum speed, requiring the use of protective headgear,
and the wearing of readily visible reflective clothing  or  material  by
operators  of  electric  scooters  only after adoption of a local law or
ordinance  by  the  governing  body  of  Westchester  county.  Provided,
however,  that  the  provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the
adoption of a local law or ordinance by a town or village in the  county
of  Westchester  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of paragraph (a) of this
subdivision to prohibit the use of electric scooters in specified areas,
or prohibit entirely the use of electric scooters within  such  town  or
village,  provided  that  adequate signage is visibly posted outside the
boundaries of such prohibited areas.
3. No person shall operate an electric scooter unless  such  operation
is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and any regulation
or order or local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this article.