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                                   5572
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2017
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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 97  of
 the laws of 2016, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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
 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
 vehicle 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.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 if section 2 of chapter 97 of the laws of  2016  shall  not  have  taken
 effect  on  or  before such date then section one of this act shall take
 effect on the same date and in the same manner as section 2  of  chapter
 97 of the laws of 2016 takes effect.