N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1285
Lamps and other equipment
New York · New York Vehicle & Traffic Law · Status: effective · Effective 2020-08-07
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§ 1285. Lamps and other equipment. 1. Every electric scooter when in
use during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour
before sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall
emit a white light visible during hours of darkness from a distance of
at least five hundred feet to the front and with a red light visible to
the rear for three hundred feet. At least one such light shall be
visible for two hundred feet from each side.
2. No person shall operate an electric scooter unless such scooter is
equipped with a bell or other device capable of giving a signal audible
for a distance of at least one hundred feet, except that an electric
scooter shall not be equipped with nor shall any person use upon an
electric scooter any siren or whistle.
3. Every electric scooter shall be equipped with a brake that enables
the operator to bring the electric scooter to a controlled stop.