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 ...
I had a guy test the physics of that on my small SUV. He lost. Thankfully I had three witnesses to tell the responding officers the guy on the bike rode out in front of me when I had the green.
Oh, they’ll be going after the electric bicycle$. Bet the rent.
My beef is everyone on the road is required to carry insurance, but bicyclist, the same ones who routinely blow through stop signs and traffic lights, are not. I know of several cases where bicyclist have caused collisions resulting in injuries and deaths.
I wonder if this course will address what to do when a bunch of leftist Clymers decide that they are more special than everybody else and block the road.
A good idea. The feeling of selfish entitlement has carried-over into kids driving habits. Plus they are much more likely to be distracted by electronic devices and not paying attention to others on the road that may be easier to miss.
You can say that again!
Why stop there? Mandatory training on how to use a crosswalk. Required training on food safety in the kitchen. Elementary school training on use of electric outlets, and a masterclass in changing lightbulbs. Required training on lawnmower use. And so much more! Kathy, act now to protect the citizens of NY. if we can just one life, it would be worth it. /sarcasm
...” new requirement will be ***apart*** of new drivers pre-licensing “ .....
....sigh ......
And cops in NYC usually just let them go after realizing they have no license or insurance.
You can say that again........
It would be one thing if the law was reuiring bicyclists and pedestrians to acquire licenses to traverse public pathways, at least that would show the total rediculousness of the law and get it repealed in the coursts sooner than it will take to get the same repeal of the stupid law being proposed.
WE have winding hilly single lane roads here. I’ve said choice words more than once when rounding a curve and there’s a cyclist struggling so slowly to get up the hill right in the middle of the road. Bunch of idiots are going to get someone killed.
Do bicycles riders have to take a car, truck, and street sign
course?
Welcome to the nanny state of New York.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.