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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1288: Leaving the scene of an incident involving an electric scooter without reporting in the first degree

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

§ 1288. Leaving the scene of an incident involving an electric scooter

without reporting in the first degree. 1. Any person age eighteen years

or older operating an electric scooter who, knowing or having cause to

know, that serious physical injury, as defined in subdivision ten of

section 10.00 of the penal law, has been caused to another person, due

to the operation of such electric scooter by such person, shall, before

leaving the place where such serious physical injury occurred, stop, and

provide his or her 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 an electric scooter

without reporting in the first degree is a class B misdemeanor.

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