Bill Text: NY A09675 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that the pre-licensing course be given by a state-approved classroom or online provider.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-29 - referred to transportation [A09675 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09675-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9675
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 29, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle  and traffic law, in relation to driver
          training and highway safety instruction course
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 4 of
     2  section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of
     3  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) Upon submission of an application  for  a  driver's  license,  the
     5  applicant  shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
     6  of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic,  the
     7  laws  relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
     8  ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", or "Work Zone Safe-
     9  ty" awareness as defined by the commissioner, the law relating to  exer-
    10  cising  due  care  to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or standing
    11  authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section elev-
    12  en hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and compre-
    13  hend traffic signs and symbols and such other matters as the commission-
    14  er may prescribe, and to satisfactorily complete a course prescribed  by
    15  the  commissioner  of  not  less  than four hours and not more than five
    16  hours, consisting of [classroom]  driver  training  and  highway  safety
    17  instruction  or  the  equivalent  thereof  delivered by a state-approved
    18  classroom or online provider.  Such test shall include  at  least  seven
    19  written  questions  concerning  the effects of consumption of alcohol or
    20  drugs on the ability of a person to operate  a  motor  vehicle  and  the
    21  legal  and  financial  consequences resulting from violations of section
    22  eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohibiting the operation  of
    23  a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test
    24  shall  include  one or more written questions concerning the devastating
    25  effects of "Road Rage" on the ability of a person  to  operate  a  motor
    26  vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting from assault-
    27  ing,  threatening  or  interfering  with  the  lawful conduct of another
    28  person legally using the roadway. Such test shall include  one  or  more
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14688-01-6