This chapter, applicable to skateboards, skates and in-line skates,
shall apply whenever a skateboard or in-line skates are operated on any street
or upon any highway or upon any sidewalk or any place where pedestrians walk.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
REFLECTIVE CLOTHING
Any shirt, vest, jacket or any other readily visible piece of apparel
equipped with a reflective surface, such as phosphorescent tape or an equivalent
reflective surface.
SKATEBOARD
A single platform mounted on wheels having no mechanism with which
to steer or control the direction or movement while being operated.
Every person operating a skateboard, skates or in-line skates upon a
highway, road or street, dedicated or otherwise, shall operate the same in
strict observance of all laws applicable to a vehicle and the use thereof
and in compliance with all rules of the road applicable to the operation of
a vehicle and in compliance with all traffic laws, except as to those provisions
of laws which, by their nature, can have no application.
The operator of a skateboard, skates or in-line skates, emerging from
an alley, driveway or building, shall, upon approaching a sidewalk, yield
the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on said sidewalk.
No person shall stand, park or otherwise place in a position of temporary
storage a skateboard upon a highway, street, sidewalk or against any building
abutting a sidewalk in such a manner that shall obstruct or render injury
to a pedestrian or interfere with vehicular traffic.
No person shall operate a skateboard or use skates or in-line skates
at night unless he or she is wearing reflective clothing, which shall be visible
from a distance of not less than 50 feet and a maximum of 300 feet from the
front, side and rear of the skateboard, skates or in-line skates when directly
in front of the lawful beams of a headlight on a motor vehicle.
The parent of the minor child or the guardian of any minor child shall
not authorize or knowingly permit any such child to violate any of the provisions
of this chapter.