§ 1270. Effect of regulations. 1. The parent of any child and the
guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such
child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this article.

2. These regulations applicable to electric personal assistive
mobility devices shall apply whenever an electric personal assistive
mobility device, pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-one of this
article, is operated upon any highway, upon private roads open to public
motor vehicle traffic, upon any designated bicycle or in-line skate
lane. Additionally, if the governing body of any county not wholly
included within a city, city with a population of less than one million,
town or village which authorizes the use of electric personal assistive
mobility devices upon any place not specifically authorized by this
article, such as sidewalks these regulations shall be applicable
thereon.