N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 2406: Equipment

§ 2406. Equipment. 1. No person shall operate an ATV unless it is

equipped with:

(a) brakes in good operating condition;

(b) a muffler system in good operating condition which meets federal

standards as established in 40 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part

205.166, sub Part E;

(c) a spark arrester approved by the United States Forest Service;

(d) tires having at least two-thirty seconds of an inch of tread with

no visible breaks, cuts, exposed cords, bumps or bulges;

(e) a lighted white headlight approved by the commissioner and a

lighted red taillight approved by the commissioner when operated for

one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise.

2. No person shall operate an ATV or ride as a passenger on an ATV

unless he is wearing a protective helmet of a type approved by the

commissioner pursuant to subdivision six of section three hundred

eighty-one of this chapter.

3. No person shall operate an ATV:

(a) on a highway with tires equipped with any studs other than

automotive studs;

(b) except as an authorized emergency ATV, police, or civil defense

ATV as an emergency vehicle, while displaying one or more lighted red or

a combination red or white lights which are revolving, rotating,

flashing, oscillating or constantly moving;

(c) as an authorized emergency ATV or civil defense ATV, as an

emergency vehicle unless it is equipped with one or more lighted, red or

combination red or white light or lights which is or are revolving,

rotating, flashing, oscillating or constantly moving and which has or

have minimum candle power of sufficient intensity to be plainly visible

from a distance of five hundred feet in all directions under normal

atmospheric conditions.