Legislation
SECTION 501-B
Additional restrictions on certain learners' permits and drivers' licenses
Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) CHAPTER 71, TITLE 5, ARTICLE 19
§ 501-b. Additional restrictions on certain learners' permits and
drivers' licenses. 1. In addition to the restrictions contained in
subdivision five of section five hundred one of this article, no holder
of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit shall:
(a) operate a motor vehicle with any front seat occupants other than
the supervising driver;
(b) operate a motor vehicle unless every occupant of such vehicle is
properly restrained by a safety belt or child safety seat in accordance
with the provisions of subdivision three-a of section twelve hundred
twenty-nine-c of this chapter;
(c) operate a motor vehicle with more than one passenger who is under
the age of twenty-one and who is not a member of such holder's immediate
family, provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall
not apply when such holder is accompanied by a duly licensed parent,
guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver education
teacher or driving school instructor;
(d) be eligible for issuance of a class DJ, MJ, D or M license unless
such permit has been valid for at least six months. Any time period in
which such class DJ or MJ learner's permit has been suspended or revoked
shall not be counted in determining the length of time that such
learner's permit has been valid.
2. In addition to the restrictions contained in subdivision three of
section five hundred one of this article, no holder of a class DJ or
class MJ license shall operate a motor vehicle:
(a) unless every occupant of such vehicle is properly restrained by a
safety belt or child safety seat in accordance with the provisions of
subdivision three-a of section twelve hundred twenty-nine-c of this
chapter; and
(b) with more than one passenger who is under the age of twenty-one
and who is not a member of such holder's immediate family, provided,
however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply when such
holder is accompanied by a duly licensed parent, guardian, person in a
position of loco parentis, driver education teacher or driving school
instructor.
drivers' licenses. 1. In addition to the restrictions contained in
subdivision five of section five hundred one of this article, no holder
of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit shall:
(a) operate a motor vehicle with any front seat occupants other than
the supervising driver;
(b) operate a motor vehicle unless every occupant of such vehicle is
properly restrained by a safety belt or child safety seat in accordance
with the provisions of subdivision three-a of section twelve hundred
twenty-nine-c of this chapter;
(c) operate a motor vehicle with more than one passenger who is under
the age of twenty-one and who is not a member of such holder's immediate
family, provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall
not apply when such holder is accompanied by a duly licensed parent,
guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver education
teacher or driving school instructor;
(d) be eligible for issuance of a class DJ, MJ, D or M license unless
such permit has been valid for at least six months. Any time period in
which such class DJ or MJ learner's permit has been suspended or revoked
shall not be counted in determining the length of time that such
learner's permit has been valid.
2. In addition to the restrictions contained in subdivision three of
section five hundred one of this article, no holder of a class DJ or
class MJ license shall operate a motor vehicle:
(a) unless every occupant of such vehicle is properly restrained by a
safety belt or child safety seat in accordance with the provisions of
subdivision three-a of section twelve hundred twenty-nine-c of this
chapter; and
(b) with more than one passenger who is under the age of twenty-one
and who is not a member of such holder's immediate family, provided,
however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply when such
holder is accompanied by a duly licensed parent, guardian, person in a
position of loco parentis, driver education teacher or driving school
instructor.