N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 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.