§ 1282. Operating electric scooters. 1. No electric scooter shall be\nused to carry more than one person at one time. No person operating an\nelectric scooter shall carry any person as a passenger in a pack\nfastened to the operator or fastened to the electric scooter. The\nfailure of any person to comply with the provisions of this subdivision\nshall not constitute contributory negligence or assumption of risk, and\nshall not in any way bar, preclude or foreclose an action for personal\ninjury or wrongful death by or on behalf of such person, nor in any way\ndiminish or reduce the damages recoverable in any such action.\n 2. No person operating an electric scooter shall carry any package,\nbundle or article which prevents the operator from keeping at least one\nhand upon the handle bars or which obstructs his or her vision in any\ndirection.\n 3. Every person operating an electric scooter shall yield the right of\nway to pedestrians.\n 4. No person less than sixteen years of age shall operate or ride as a\npassenger upon an electric scooter, and no person sixteen years of age\nor older shall allow any person less than sixteen years of age to\noperate or ride as a passenger upon such scooter.\n 5. Except as may be otherwise provided by local law, ordinance, order,\nrule or regulation enacted or promulgated pursuant to this article, an\nelectric scooter may only be operated on highways with a posted speed\nlimit of thirty miles per hour or less, including non-interstate public\nhighways, private roads open to motor vehicle traffic, and designated\nbicycle or in-line skate lanes.\n 6. No person shall operate an electric scooter in excess of fifteen\nmiles per hour.\n 7. (a) No person shall operate an electric scooter on a sidewalk,\nexcept as may be authorized by a local law or ordinance adopted by a\ncity, town or village having jurisdiction over such sidewalk including\nparking on certain sidewalks within such city, town or village in\ncompliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as\namended (Public Law 101-336).\n (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision, an electric scooter owned by a natural person where the\nowner is engaged in personal use may park on a sidewalk whether attended\nor unattended, provided however that no person shall park an electric\nscooter pursuant to this paragraph in a manner that interferes with the\nfree passage of pedestrians on a sidewalk. A city, town or village\nhaving jurisdiction over such sidewalk shall provide a method by which\nan electric scooter owned by a natural person may be identified as such.\n 8. (a) No person shall operate an electric scooter on any public lands\nor property, other than a highway exclusive of any greenway running\nadjacent to or connected with a highway, except that an electric scooter\nmay be operated on any such lands that have been designated and posted\nfor travel by electric scooters in accordance with the provisions of\nparagraph (b) of this subdivision. For the purposes of this subdivision,\nthe term "greenway" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined\nby subdivision seven of section 44-0103 of the environmental\nconservation law and subdivision one of section 39.03 of the parks,\nrecreation and historic preservation law.\n (b) A state agency, by regulation or order, and a city, town or\nvillage, by local law or ordinance, may designate any appropriate public\nlands and properties under its jurisdiction, other than highways\nexclusive of any greenway running adjacent to or connected with a\nhighway, as a place open for travel by electric scooters upon written\nrequest for such designation by any person, and may impose restrictions\nand conditions for the regulation and safe operation of electric\nscooters on such public lands or property, such as travel on designated\ntrails and hours of operation.\n 9. (a) No person, firm, association or corporation engaged in the\nbusiness of selli
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