Section 360. Exceptions

This   article,  except  sections  three  hundred
  thirty-nine and three hundred fifty-nine, shall not apply to  any  motor
  vehicle  for the operation of which security is required to be furnished
  under section three hundred seventy of this chapter, including those for
  which  a  certificate  is  issued  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred
  seventy-one  of  this chapter except as may be provided in section three
  hundred seventy; to  any  motor  vehicle  operated  under  permit  or  a
  certificate  of  convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the public
  service law or pursuant to section fifty-a of such law; nor to any motor
  vehicle  owned  by  the  United  States,  the  state  or  any  political
  subdivision thereof.