SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 4765
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: MARCH 17, 2025
The Senate Transportation Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 4765.
As amended and 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. The safety information is required to include 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 driver’s manual is also required to include information that
instructs pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, riders of motorized-scooters,
and riders of other non-motorized vehicles on the proper safety
procedures while sharing the roadway with motorists.
As amended and reported by the committee, Assembly Bill No.
4765 is identical to Senate Bill No. 4146, which was also amended and
reported by the committee on this date.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS :
The committee amended the bill to include a provision that
requires the driver’s manual to include information that instructs
pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, riders of motorized-scooters, and riders
of other non-motorized vehicles on the proper safety procedures
while sharing the roadway with motorists. The amendments also
change the bill’s title and synopsis and make technical changes.