New York A 4005: Relates to rotary and roundabout use and safety awareness

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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4005
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2025
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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 rotary and
roundabout use and safety awareness in the pre-licensing course
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraphs (b) and
2 (d) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law,
3 subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) as amended by chap-
4 ter 379 of the laws of 2022 and paragraph (d) as amended by chapter 477
5 of the laws of 2024, are amended and a new paragraph (c-6) is added to
6 read as follows:
7 (i) Upon submission of an application for a driver's license, the
8 applicant shall be required to take and pass a test, or submit evidence
9 of passage of a test, with respect to the laws relating to traffic, the
10 laws relating to driving while ability is impaired and while intoxicat-
11 ed, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", "Work Zone Safety"
12 awareness, "Motorcycle Safety" awareness and "Pedestrian and Bicyclist
13 Safety" awareness as defined by the commissioner, "School Bus Safety"
14 awareness, the law relating to"Rotary and Roundabout Use and Safety",
15 exercising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or stand-
16 ing authorized emergency vehicle or hazard vehicle pursuant to section
17 eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter, the ability to read and
18 comprehend traffic signs and symbols and such other matters as the
19 commissioner may prescribe, and to satisfactorily complete a course
20 prescribed by the commissioner of not less than four hours and not more
21 than five hours, consisting of classroom driver training and highway
22 safety instruction or the equivalent thereof. Such test shall include at
23 least seven written questions concerning the effects of consumption of
24 alcohol or drugs on the ability of a person to operate a motor vehicle
25 and the legal and financial consequences resulting from violations of
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 section eleven hundred ninety-two of this chapter, prohibiting the oper-
2 ation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
3 Such test shall include one or more written questions concerning the
4 devastating effects of "Road Rage" on the ability of a person to operate
5 a motor vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting from
6 assaulting, threatening or interfering with the lawful conduct of anoth-
7 er person legally using the roadway. Such test shall include one or more
8 questions concerning the potential dangers to persons and equipment
9 resulting from the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle in a work zone.
10 Such test may include one or more questions concerning motorcycle safe-
11 ty. Such test may include one or more questions concerning the law for
12 exercising due care to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or stand-
13 ing vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
14 chapter. Such test may include one or more questions concerning school
15 bus safety. Such test may include one or more questions concerning
16 pedestrian and bicyclist safety. Such test may include one or more ques-
17 Such test shalltions concerning rotary and roundabout use and safety.
18 be administered by the commissioner. The commissioner shall cause the
19 applicant to take a vision test and a test for color blindness. Upon
20 passage of the vision test, the application may be accepted and the
21 application fee shall be payable.
22 (b) Upon successful completion of the requirements set forth in para-
23 graph (a) of this subdivision which shall include an alcohol and drug
24 education component as described in paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
25 "Road Rage" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-1) of this
26 subdivision, a "Work Zone Safety" awareness component as described in
27 paragraph (c-2) of this subdivision, a "Motorcycle Safety" awareness
28 component as described in paragraph (c-3) of this subdivision, a "School
29 Bus Safety" awareness component as described in paragraph (c-4) of this
30 subdivision, [ ] a "Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety" awareness compo-and
31 nent as described in paragraph (c-5) of this subdivision, and a rotary
32 and roundabout use and safety awareness component as described in para-
33 , the commissioner shall cause the appli-graph (c-6) of this subdivision
34 cant to take a road test in a representative vehicle of a type
35 prescribed by the commissioner which shall be appropriate to the type of
36 license for which application is made, except that the commissioner may
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