Section 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.