N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 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.