§ 1281. Traffic laws apply to persons operating electric scooters;
local laws. 1. Every person riding an electric scooter upon a roadway
shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the
duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle and the rider of a bicycle
by this title, except as to special regulations in this article and
except as to those provisions of this title which by their nature can
have no application.

2. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
subdivision, the governing body of any city, town or village may, by
local law or ordinance, further regulate the time, place and manner of
the operation of electric scooters, including, but not limited to,
maximum speed, requiring the use of protective headgear, and the wearing
of readily visible reflective clothing or material by operators of
electric scooters, and may limit, prohibit the use thereof in specified
areas, or prohibit entirely the use of electric scooters within such
city, town, or village, provided that adequate signage is visibly posted
outside the boundaries of such prohibited areas.

(b) The governing body of any city, town or village in the counties of
Nassau or Suffolk may, by local law or ordinance, further regulate the
time, place and manner of the operation of electric scooters, including,
but not limited to, maximum speed, requiring the use of protective
headgear, and the wearing of readily visible reflective clothing or
material by operators of electric scooters only after adoption of a
local law or ordinance by the governing body of the county in which the
city, town or village is located. Provided, however, that the provisions
of this paragraph shall not apply to the adoption of a local law or
ordinance by a city, town or village in the counties of Nassau or
Suffolk pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision
to prohibit the use of electric scooters in specified areas, or prohibit
entirely the use of electric scooters within such city, town or village,
provided that adequate signage is visibly posted outside the boundaries
of such prohibited areas.

(c) The governing body of any town or village in the county of
Westchester may, by local law or ordinance, further regulate the time,
place and manner of the operation of electric scooters, including, but
not limited to, maximum speed, requiring the use of protective headgear,
and the wearing of readily visible reflective clothing or material by
operators of electric scooters only after adoption of a local law or
ordinance by the governing body of Westchester county. Provided,
however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the
adoption of a local law or ordinance by a town or village in the county
of Westchester pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this
subdivision to prohibit the use of electric scooters in specified areas,
or prohibit entirely the use of electric scooters within such town or
village, provided that adequate signage is visibly posted outside the
boundaries of such prohibited areas.

3. No person shall operate an electric scooter unless such operation
is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, and any regulation
or order or local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this article.