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New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1285: Lamps and other equipment

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 7. Rules of the Road
  3. Article 34-D. Operation of Electric Scooters

§ 1285. Lamps and other equipment. 1. Every electric scooter when in

use during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour

before sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall

emit a white light visible during hours of darkness from a distance of

at least five hundred feet to the front and with a red light visible to

the rear for three hundred feet. At least one such light shall be

visible for two hundred feet from each side.

2. No person shall operate an electric scooter unless such scooter is

equipped with a bell or other device capable of giving a signal audible

for a distance of at least one hundred feet, except that an electric

scooter shall not be equipped with nor shall any person use upon an

electric scooter any siren or whistle.

3. Every electric scooter shall be equipped with a brake that enables

the operator to bring the electric scooter to a controlled stop.

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