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Adds courses at a licensed New York state driving school approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles to the list of driver education providers.
Driver licenses; allowing holders of farm vehicle special permit to take driver education courses; lowering age requirement for drivers education courses. Emergency.
Authorizes the department of motor vehicles to issue standard drivers' licenses; restricts what information can be retained and given out on those applying or holding standard drivers' licenses.
Requires currently licensed or contracted third-party testers administering driver's education courses to be licensed or contracted to administer on-road driving skills tests; requires such third-party testers to administer such test; and requires driver education courses or "prelicensing training courses" before issuance of most first-time driver's licenses (8/15/11) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)
Requires all vehicles move over or slow down for parked, stopped and standing vehicles on highways, requiring the inclusion of at least one question regarding such requirement on the state driver's license examination, and requires public education measures on such requirement.
Directs the department of transportation to conduct a study of the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles, by county, in New York state outside of the city of New York; defines accessibility; requires a report to identify any existing local guidelines for accessible vehicles; directs development of benchmarks for increasing wheelchair accessible vehicles.