§ 1282 Operating electric scooters
VTL § 1282
1.No electric scooter shall be used to carry more than one person at one time. No person operating an electric scooter shall carry any person as a passenger in a pack fastened to the operator or fastened to the electric scooter. The failure of any person to comply with the provisions of this subdivision shall not constitute contributory negligence or assumption of risk, and shall not in any way bar, preclude or foreclose an action for personal injury or wrongful death by or on behalf of such person, nor in any way diminish or reduce the damages recoverable in any such action.
2.No person operating an electric scooter shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the operator from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bars or which obstructs his or her vision in any direction.
3.Every person operating an electric scooter shall yield the right of way to pedestrians.
4.No person less than sixteen years of age shall operate or ride as a passenger upon an electric scooter, and no person sixteen years of age or older shall allow any person less than sixteen years of age to operate or ride as a passenger upon such scooter.
5.Except as may be otherwise provided by local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation enacted or promulgated pursuant to this article, an electric scooter 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.
6.No person shall operate an electric scooter in excess of fifteen miles per hour.
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(a)No person shall operate an electric scooter on a sidewalk, except as may be authorized by a local law or ordinance adopted by a city, town or village having jurisdiction over such sidewalk including parking on certain sidewalks within such city, town or village in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (Public Law 101-336).
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, an electric scooter owned by a natural person where the owner is engaged in personal use may park on a sidewalk whether attended or unattended, provided however that no person shall park an electric scooter pursuant to this paragraph in a manner that interferes with the free passage of pedestrians on a sidewalk. A city, town or village having jurisdiction over such sidewalk shall provide a method by which an electric scooter owned by a natural person may be identified as such.
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For the purposes of this subdivision, "personal information" shall mean information that identifies an individual, including but not limited to name, address, telephone number, and the type and form of payment including credit card number, debit card number, or other payment method.
11.A violation of the provisions of subdivision one, two, three, four, six, or seven of this section shall result in a civil fine not to exceed fifty dollars.
12.A police officer shall only issue a summons for a violation of this section by a person less than sixteen years of age to the parent or guardian of such person if the violation by such person occurs in the presence of such person's parent or guardian and where such parent or guardian is eighteen years of age or more. Such summons shall only be issued to such parent or guardian, and shall not be issued to the person less than sixteen years of age.
