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                                   2766
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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.