N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 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.