Section 1277. Leaving the scene of an incident involving an electric personal assistive mobility device without reporting


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  • 1. (a) Any  person
      eighteen  years of age or older operating an electric personal assistive
      mobility device who, knowing or having  cause  to  know,  that  physical
      injury,  as  defined  in  subdivision nine of section 10.00 of the penal
      law, has been caused to another person, due to  the  operation  of  such
      electric personal assistive mobility device by such person shall, before
      leaving  the place where such physical injury occurred, stop and provide
      his or her name and residence, including street and  street  number,  to
      the injured party, if practical, and also to a police officer, or in the
      event  that  no  police  officer is in the vicinity of the place of said
      injury,  then  such  person  shall  report  said  incident  as  soon  as
      physically able to the nearest police station or judicial officer.
        (b)  A  violation  of  paragraph  (a)  of  this subdivision shall be a
      violation.
        2. (a) Any person eighteen years of age or older operating an electric
      personal assistive mobility device who, knowing or having cause to know,
      that serious physical injury, as defined in subdivision ten  of  section
      10.00  of  the  penal law, has been caused to another person, due to the
      operation of such electric personal assistive mobility  device  by  such
      person  shall,  before  leaving  the  place  where such serious physical
      injury occurred, stop  and  provide  his  or  her  name  and  residence,
      including  street and street number, to the injured party, if practical,
      and also to a police officer, or in the event that no police officer  is
      in  the  vicinity  of  the  place of said injury, then such person shall
      report said incident as soon as physically able to  the  nearest  police
      station or judicial officer.
        (b)  A violation of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be a class
      B misdemeanor.