N.Y. VAT. LAW § 1231 : NY Code - Section 1231: Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles or skating or gliding on in-line skates

Search N.Y. VAT. LAW § 1231 : NY Code - Section 1231: Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles or skating or gliding on in-line skates

Every person riding a bicycle or skating  or
  gliding  on  in-line  skates  upon a roadway shall be granted all of the
  rights and shall be subject to all  of  the  duties  applicable  to  the
  driver  of  a vehicle by this title, except as to special regulations in
  this article and except as to those provisions of this  title  which  by
  their nature can have no application.