New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter A - DRIVER LICENSING AND TRAINING
Part 3 - Drivers' Licenses
Section 3.7 - Special procedures for motorcycle licenses
Universal Citation: 15 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 3.7
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) A class M or MJ license may contain an appropriate restriction based upon the vehicle in which the road test was taken. Such a restriction permits the holder to operate only those types of vehicles specified in the limitation.
(1) An applicant for a class M or MJ license
must pass a written test and a road test conducted on a motorcycle consisting
of a maneuver phase and a traffic phase. The applicant must supply a passenger
car as well as a licensed driver to operate the same for the purpose of
transporting the motor vehicle license examiner during the traffic phase of the
road test. Failure to furnish such vehicle and driver shall result in refusal
to give any portion of the road test to the applicant.
(2) A class M or MJ learner permit does not
permit the holder to carry a passenger, unless such passenger is the holder of
a license which entitles him to operate that class of motorcycle, and such
passenger is acting in the capacity of supervising driver to the permit holder,
and the motorcycle is equipped with a passenger seat.
(3) The holder of a class M or MJ learner
permit may operate that class of motorcycle only while under the immediate or
general supervision of a person who is at least 18 years of age, and who is the
holder of a license which entitles him to operate the same class of motorcycle.
General supervision shall mean control over and direction of
the operator of a motorcycle within a one-quarter mile area from the point of
such control and direction.
(4) The
holder of a class M or MJ learner permit for the purposes of taking the
motorcycle road test may drive the motorcycle to and from the road test post
under the general supervision of a supervising driver. A receipt will be issued
upon completion of the road test to evidence the right of the holder to drive
the motorcycle as a learner until the midnight following the test.
(5) A person shall be eligible to secure a
class M or MJ driver's license without passing a road test conducted on a
motorcycle provided:
(i) that he or she is
the holder of a valid New York driver's license, and is a member of a police
department having 25 or more motorcycle police and acceptable proof of
graduation from an approved motorcycle training program conducted by the police
department by which he or she is employed; or
(ii) that he or she is the holder of a valid
out-of-state license which specifically permits the operation of motorcycles in
accordance with the provisions of Part 8 of this Title; or
(iii) that he or she is the holder of a valid
''New York driver's license, and has successfully completed the 15-hour
''Motorcycle Rider Course: Riding and Street Skills'' developed by the
Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), or a compatible course approved by the
Department.
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