New York A 5042: Relates to updating the driver's manual provided to accepted learner's permit applicants and driver education courses

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A05042 Summary:

BILL NOA05042 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJacobson

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COSPNSREachus

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §502, V & T L; amd §806-a, Ed L

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Relates to updating the driver's manual provided to accepted learner's permit applicants and driver education courses to include a description of law enforcement procedures during traffic stops and the actions a motorist shall take during such stop including appropriate interactions with such officers.

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02/11/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5042

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, EACHUS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the education law, in
 relation to updating the driver's manual provided to accepted
 learner's permit applicants and driver education courses

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. Application for learner's permit. An application for a learner's
 5 permit shall be included in the application for a license. A learner's
 6 permit shall be issued in such form as the commissioner shall determine
 7 but shall not be issued unless the applicant has successfully passed the
 8 vision test required by this section and the test set forth in paragraph
 9 (a) of subdivision four of this section with respect to laws relating to
 10 traffic and ability to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols and
 11 has satisfactorily completed any course required pursuant to paragraph
 12 (a) of subdivision four of this section. Upon acceptance of an applica-
 13 tion for a learner's permit the commissioner shall provide the applicant
 14 with a driver's manual which includes but is not limited to the laws
 15 relating to traffic, the laws relating to and physiological effects of
 16 driving while ability impaired and driving while intoxicated, the law
 17 for exercising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or
 18 standing vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
 19 chapter, explanations of traffic signs and symbols, a description of law
 20 enforcement procedures during traffic stops and the actions a motorist
 21 shall take during such stop including appropriate interactions with such
 22 officers and such other matters as the commissioner may prescribe.
 23 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 806-a of the education law, as amended
 24 by chapter 644 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03968-01-5

 A. 5042 2

 1 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all school districts
 2 providing instruction in driver education shall include in such instruc-
 3 tion: (a) a driver safety component with an emphasis on the effects of
 4 alcohol and drug use, (b) instruction in motorcycle safety awareness,
 5 and (c) a description of law enforcement procedures during traffic stops
 6 and the actions a motorist shall take during such stop including appro-
 7 priate interactions with such officers. The commissioner, upon approval
 8 by the commissioner of motor vehicles, shall establish a curriculum for
 9 the alcohol and drug education component which shall include but not be
 10 limited to: instruction describing the hazards of driving while impaired
 11 or intoxicated; the penalties for alcohol related motor vehicle
 12 violations including sanctions set forth in the penal law that apply to
 13 homicides and assaults arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle
 14 while intoxicated and those sanctions set forth in the vehicle and traf-
 15 fic law relating to driving while intoxicated; and the medical, biolog-
 16 ical and phys