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                                  9675

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             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:

  Section  1.  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 Safe-
ty" awareness as defined by the commissioner, the law relating to  exer-
cising  due  care  to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or standing
authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section elev-
en hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and compre-
hend traffic signs and symbols and such other matters as the commission-
er may prescribe, and to satisfactorily 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  thereof  DELIVERED BY A STATE-APPROVED
CLASSROOM OR ONLINE PROVIDER.  Such test shall include  at  least  seven
written  questions  concerning  the effects of consumption of alcohol or
drugs on the ability of a person to operate  a  motor  vehicle  and  the
legal  and  financial  consequences 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 assault-
ing,  threatening  or  interfering  with  the  lawful conduct of another
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.
              

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questions  concerning  the  potential  dangers  to persons and equipment
resulting from the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle in a  work  zone.
Such test may include one or more questions concerning the law for exer-
cising  due  care  to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or standing
authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section elev-
en 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 2. This act shall take effect immediately.