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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1240: Leaving the scene of an incident involving a wheeled non-motorized means of conveyance without reporting in the second degree

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 7. Rules of the Road
  3. 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. 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.

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