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                                  9083

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 13, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
  for licensing

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (c-3) to read as follows:
  (C-3) "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS COMPONENT. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
PROVIDE  IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, A MANDATORY  COMPONENT  IN  "MOTORCYCLE  SAFETY"  AWARENESS
EDUCATION  AS  A PREREQUISITE FOR OBTAINING A LICENSE TO OPERATE A MOTOR
VEHICLE. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPONENT IS TO EDUCATE  PROSPECTIVE  LICEN-
SEES  ON  THE  POTENTIAL DANGERS TO PERSONS OPERATING MOTORCYCLES ON THE
ROADWAY.
  S 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 502
of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 458 of the laws of
2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) Upon submission of an application  for  a  driver's  license,  the
applicant  shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic,  the
laws  relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road  Rage",  [or]  "Work  Zone
Safety"  awareness  AND  "MOTORCYCLE SAFETY" AWARENESS as defined by the
commissioner, the law relating to exercising due care to avoid colliding
with a parked, stopped  or  standing  authorized  emergency  vehicle  or
hazard  vehicle  pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
chapter, the ability to read and comprehend traffic  signs  and  symbols
and  such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe, and to satis-
factorily complete a course prescribed by the commissioner of  not  less
than  four  hours  and not more than five hours, consisting of classroom
driver training and highway safety instruction or the equivalent  there-
of.  Such test shall include at least seven written questions concerning
the effects of consumption of alcohol or  drugs  on  the  ability  of  a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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person  to  operate  a  motor vehicle and the legal and financial conse-
quences resulting from violations of section eleven  hundred  ninety-two
of  this  chapter,  prohibiting  the  operation of a motor vehicle while
under  the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such test shall include one or
more written questions concerning the devastating effects of "Road Rage"
on the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle and the legal  and
financial  consequences resulting from assaulting, threatening or inter-
fering with the lawful conduct of another person legally using the road-
way. Such test shall include one or more questions concerning the poten-
tial  dangers  to  persons  and  equipment  resulting  from  the  unsafe
operation of a motor vehicle in a work zone. SUCH TEST SHALL INCLUDE ONE
OR  MORE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL DANGERS TO PERSONS OPERATING
MOTORCYCLES ON THE ROAD. Such test may include  one  or  more  questions
concerning  the  law  for  exercising due care to avoid colliding with a
parked, stopped or standing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehi-
cle pursuant to section eleven hundred  forty-four-a  of  this  chapter.
Such  test  shall  be administered by the commissioner. The commissioner
shall cause the applicant to take a vision test and  a  test  for  color
blindness.  Upon  passage  of  the  vision  test, the application may be
accepted and the application fee shall be payable.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.