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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. SKARTADOS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
drivers between sixteen and twenty-five years of age to take and pass
the national safety council course, or a similar nationally approved
course approved by the department of motor vehicles in order to obtain
a license or upon conviction of a moving violation
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
(C-1) AS A PREREQUISITE TO RECEIVING A LICENSE, AN APPLICANT FOR A
CLASS D LICENSE WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTEEN BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE AND PASS THE NATIONAL SAFETY
COUNCIL COURSE, OR A SIMILAR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COURSE APPROVED BY
THE DEPARTMENT, RELATING TO YOUNG DRIVER'S ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS
BEHIND THE WHEEL. THE COURSE MUST BE NOT LESS THAN FOUR HOURS OR MORE
THAN FIVE HOURS, CONSISTING OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION RELATING TO THE
EFFECTS OF DRIVER INEXPERIENCE, PEER PRESSURE AND DISTRACTIONS SUCH AS
CELL PHONES AND TEXTING; WHY YOUNG DRIVERS HAVE SUCH HIGH CRASH
VIOLATION RATES AND HOW DRIVING BEHAVIORS AND ATTITUDES CONTRIBUTE;
HAZARD RECOGNITION; ADOPTING SAFE DRIVING BEHAVIORS AND PRACTICES, AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF PASSENGERS. ANY LICENSED DRIVER AT LEAST EIGHTEEN
BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE WHO IS CONVICTED OF A MOVING
VIOLATION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE AND PASS THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
COURSE, OR A SIMILAR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COURSE APPROVED BY THE
DEPARTMENT, RELATING TO YOUNG DRIVER'S ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS BEHIND
THE WHEEL.
S 2. The commissioner of the department of motor vehicles will estab-
lish an application fee for the driver safety course described in
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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section one of this act, as he or she deems appropriate. The fee shall
be paid by applicants for a class D license who are under the age of
twenty-five. All revenues generated by such fees shall be expended to
cover the costs of implementing the driver's safety course program and
the processing of any information necessary to implementing the program.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.