ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION AND INDEPENDENT
AUTHORITIES COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 4765
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: DECEMBER 12, 2024
The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities
Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4765.
As reported, in addition to the other requirements provided for
under current law, this bill requires the informational brochure
distributed to the parents and guardians of new drivers, the curriculum
approved for classroom driver education courses, and the written
knowledge examination for a driving permit to include information
pertaining to a driver’s responsibilities under current law when
approaching and passing a pedestrian or person operating a bicycle or
personal conveyance on the roadway and the penalties for failing to
comply with these responsibilities.
The bill also requires the driver’s manual to include information
pertaining to the importance of operating a motor vehicle in a manner
that safely shares the roadway with pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, riders
of motorized-scooters, and other non-motorized vehicles, which is
required to include, but not be limited to, a driver’s responsibilities
under current law when approaching and passing a pedestrian or
person operating a bicycle or personal conveyance on the roadway and
the penalties for failing to comply with these responsibilities.