Legal Opinion
Opn. No.
New York Attorney General Reports
Decided August 17, 1979Published
1Opinion of the Court
Guy W. Germano, Esq. Assistant Town Attorney, Islip
This reply is submitted in answer to your inquiry by letter dated August 9, 1979 wherein you requested a legal opinion on the question of whether section 1225-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law applies to bicycles.
Section 1225-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law prohibits driving a motor vehicle on or across a sidewalk except under certain limited conditions as set forth therein. Section 1231 of that law provides that the operation of bicycles is subject to all the duties of a driver of a vehicle. You also state that the Town of Islip has enacted…