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                                    753
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the length
   of the pre-licensing course required  of  applicants  for  a  driver's
   license

   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 379 of
 the laws of 2022, 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", "Work Zone Safety"
 awareness, "Motorcycle Safety" awareness and "Pedestrian  and  Bicyclist
 Safety"  awareness  as  defined by the commissioner, "School Bus Safety"
 awareness, 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] SIX hours, consisting of class-
 room driver training and highway safety instruction  or  the  equivalent
 thereof.  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 nine-
 ty-two of this chapter, prohibiting the operation  of  a  motor  vehicle
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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, threat-
 ening 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 motorcycle safety. Such test
 may include one or more questions concerning the law for exercising  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  may  include  one  or more questions concerning school bus safety.
 Such test may include one or more questions  concerning  pedestrian  and
 bicyclist  safety.  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 applica-
 tion may be accepted and the application fee shall be payable.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.