N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 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.