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Hochul: New drivers must take a pedestrian and bicycle safety course to obtain license
wgrz.com ^ | 7/15/22 | Olivia Beilein

Posted on 07/18/2022 10:00:20 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New legislation regarding bicycle safety will come into effect as Gov. Kathy Hochul takes measures that will require new drivers to learn about pedestrian and bicycle safety when on the road.

This new requirement will be apart of new drivers pre-licensing exam and will be a prerequisite to obtaining any motor vehicle license.

"My top priority as Governor is to keep New Yorkers safe, and it is common sense to make pedestrian and bike safety education mandatory for drivers," Governor Hochul said in a statement. "This law will help prevent crashes and save lives, and I thank my partners in the Assembly and Senate for passing this legislation to make our streets safer."

This new legislation will soon be added to the department of motor vehicles instruction handbook, and it's not the only new driving safety measures being put into play.

(Excerpt) Read more at wgrz.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: dmv; hochul; ny; safety
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To: KarlInOhio

They put in random pedestrian cross walks in a small city near me down the main street instead of just having pedestrians cross at intersections. Deaths and injuries have skyrocketed ever since.

Where I live, the bicyclists in their special space aged Lance Armstrongesque gear think they can defy the laws of physics.


21 posted on 07/18/2022 10:10:11 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Why are bicyclist not required to carry insurance?


22 posted on 07/18/2022 10:11:06 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Isn’t it great to have RAT politicians telling YOU how to live your life? DemocRATS are the new Nazis.


23 posted on 07/18/2022 10:12:29 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (First, they stole our elections. Then, they stole our country.)
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To: lee martell

In Arizona, drivers are required to stay at least three feet away from any bicyclist. I think there should be a complementary law saying that cyclists may not ride on any roadway that does not have a shoulder wide enough that cyclists are able to remain at least three feet outside the marked traffic lanes.

The way it is now on county roads and such, cyclists ride along the edge of the traffic lane (on or near the white line), and motorists often have to slow to the cyclists’ speed until they can cross the center line to get past. Dangerous for all concerned.


24 posted on 07/18/2022 10:12:32 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yeah, no. We live in upstate NY in a rural area and our votes don’t count. All the sane conservatives have left the state. I believe I’m crazy for staying here.


25 posted on 07/18/2022 10:14:41 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: AbolishCSEU
...and ban street use of cleats for cyclists. Cyclists put themselves and others at risk when they do whatever possible to avoid stopping and putting a foot down.

The ones who really need a course are not drivers but pedestrians and cyclists.

Pedestrians need a course on crossing within the crosswalks and obeying traffic signals.

Cyclists need a course on obeying all the laws they love to break; running red lights, going the wrong way down one way streets, cycling against traffic, riding abreast and into traffic lanes instead of maintaining a single file, failing to yield to pedestrians, weaving in and out of traffic, etc.

26 posted on 07/18/2022 10:15:15 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: AbolishCSEU

They put in random pedestrian cross walks in a small city near me down the main street instead of just having pedestrians cross at intersections. Deaths and injuries have skyrocketed ever since.

Where I live, the bicyclists in their special space aged Lance Armstrongesque gear think they can defy the laws of physics.


One of the curses of the Bible is to be ruled by children. In my city they put bike paths in the MIDDLE of traffic lanes.


27 posted on 07/18/2022 10:16:51 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Why are motorcyclist are required to carry insurance, but bicyclist are not?


28 posted on 07/18/2022 10:18:03 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: LoveMyFreedom

she is gonna ram through as m uch socialist crap as she can before she is booted to the curb next election, knowing full well that once the laws are passed, they very likely will never be undone-


29 posted on 07/18/2022 10:19:02 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: AbolishCSEU
Not good enough, Hochul.

You should require that potential motorists submit proof of good character, and submit their Social Media history, as well as take a mandatory 100-hour training course.

30 posted on 07/18/2022 10:21:02 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

One more reason to hate cyclists


31 posted on 07/18/2022 10:21:48 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Bob434

I don’t know about that. She will most likely cheat on top of the fact that Dems outnumber Pubs 4 to 1 throughout the entire state. The pubs are leaving (conservative MAGA types) in droves.

If Zeldin gets in, it will be a miracle. He’s a RINO at best but it’s better than appointed by default Gov Rat Face.


32 posted on 07/18/2022 10:22:18 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: AbolishCSEU

In other words, if you’re riding a motorcycle down the street, and some bicyclist blows a stop sign, plowing right into you, causing you crash, resulting in serious injuries, yet the bicyclist skates on the liability?

The way bicyclist blow stop signs and traffic lights, why are they not required to carry insurance?


33 posted on 07/18/2022 10:22:21 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Maybe pedestrians should be schooled and licensed?


34 posted on 07/18/2022 10:22:34 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Cyclists should be able to do whatever they want because they are saving the planet. /s


35 posted on 07/18/2022 10:23:23 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (We are living in 1984. We have always been living in 1984.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Lefties just love more regulation and bigger government. probably had to expand the DMV by thousands to hire more test writers.


36 posted on 07/18/2022 10:23:28 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: MinorityRepublican
Sharing the road with bicycles is one of the stupidest ideas in the past 20 years.

It was good for only one thing, increasing the number of fatal bike accidents.

37 posted on 07/18/2022 10:24:50 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: AbolishCSEU
The ruling class intends for us all to be walking or riding bikes.

Only free men get to drive motor vehicles.

38 posted on 07/18/2022 10:25:57 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: 1Old Pro
Lefties just love more regulation and bigger government.

I'd guess that's probably why the bicyclist are not required to carry insurance like everyone else is.

Does this make sense?

39 posted on 07/18/2022 10:26:43 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2
Why are bicyclist not required to carry insurance?

And get a special license, more and more bikes are now electric, going 30+ mph.

40 posted on 07/18/2022 10:27:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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