What's happening
This bill allows New York driver training and highway safety courses to be delivered by state-approved classroom or online providers.
Why it matters
Expands access to driver education by allowing state-approved online providers,. which could make it easier for people in rural areas, those with mobility issues, or those with busy schedules to complete required courses.
May increase competition and innovation in driver training,. potentially leading to improved course quality, updated materials, and more engaging learning formats.
Could help standardize and track completion of safety courses,. since online platforms can offer automatic record-keeping and instant verification for the DMV, reducing paperwork and processing delays.
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Who cares
Driver’s license applicants
The bill would let them complete the required four- to five-hour driver training and highway safety course through a state-approved classroom or online provider.
Online driver education providers
The bill would expressly allow state-approved online providers to deliver the required course.
Classroom driving schools
The bill would remove the classroom-only language and allow online providers to offer the required instruction alongside state-approved classroom providers.
Department of Motor Vehicles
The bill would retain the commissioner’s authority to prescribe the course while specifying delivery by state-approved classroom or online providers.
Headline styles
Allow Online Driver Safety Course
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Allow Online Driver Safety Courses
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Martin J. Golden
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5572
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred 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 Assembly, 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 intoxicated, under the overpowering influence of "Road Rage", or "Work Zone Safety" awareness as defined by the commissioner, 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 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
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vehicle and the legal and financial consequences resulting from assaulting, 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 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 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.
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