N.Y. VAT. LAW § 501-b : NY Code - Section 501-B: Additional restrictions on certain learners' permits and drivers' licenses

Search N.Y. VAT. LAW § 501-b : NY Code - Section 501-B: Additional restrictions on certain learners' permits and drivers' licenses

1. In  addition  to  the  restrictions  contained  in
  subdivision  five of section five hundred one of this article, no holder
  of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit shall:
    (a) operate a motor vehicle with any front seat occupants  other  than
  the supervising driver;
    (b)  operate  a motor vehicle unless every occupant of such vehicle is
  properly restrained by a safety belt or child safety seat in  accordance
  with  the  provisions  of  subdivision three-a of section twelve hundred
  twenty-nine-c of this chapter;
    * (c) operate a motor vehicle with more than two  passengers  who  are
  under  the  age  of  twenty-one and who are not members of such holder's
  immediate  family,  provided,  however,  that  the  provisions  of  this
  subparagraph  shall  not apply when such holder is accompanied by a duly
  licensed parent, guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver
  education teacher or driving school instructor;
    * NB Effective until February 22, 2010
    * (c) operate a motor vehicle with more  than  one  passenger  who  is
  under  the  age  of  twenty-one and who is not a member of such holder's
  immediate  family,  provided,  however,  that  the  provisions  of  this
  paragraph  shall  not  apply  when  such holder is accompanied by a duly
  licensed parent, guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver
  education teacher or driving school instructor;
    * NB Effective February 22, 2010
    * (d) be eligible for issuance of a class DJ or MJ license unless such
  permit and/or limited class DJ or MJ license issued pursuant to  section
  five  hundred  three-a  of  this article, singly or in combination, have
  been valid for at least six months. Any time period in which such  class
  DJ  or  MJ  learner's  permit or limited class DJ or MJ license has been
  suspended or revoked shall not be counted in determining the  length  of
  time that such learner's permit or limited license has been valid.
    * NB Effective until February 22, 2010
    * (d)  be  eligible  for  issuance  of  a class DJ, MJ, D or M license
  unless such permit has been valid for at  least  six  months.  Any  time
  period  in which such class DJ or MJ learner's permit has been suspended
  or revoked shall not be counted in determining the length of  time  that
  such learner's permit has been valid.
    * NB Effective February 22, 2010
    2.  In  addition to the restrictions contained in subdivision three of
  section five hundred one of this article, no holder of  a  class  DJ  or
  class MJ license shall operate a motor vehicle:
    (a)  unless every occupant of such vehicle is properly restrained by a
  safety belt or child safety seat in accordance with  the  provisions  of
  subdivision  three-a  of  section  twelve  hundred twenty-nine-c of this
  chapter; and
    * (b) with  more  than  two  passengers  who  are  under  the  age  of
  twenty-one  and  who  are not members of such holder's immediate family,
  provided, however, that the provisions of this  subparagraph  shall  not
  apply  when  such  holder  is  accompanied  by  a  duly licensed parent,
  guardian, person in  a  position  of  loco  parentis,  driver  education
  teacher or driving school instructor.
    * NB Effective until February 22, 2010
    * (b)  with more than one passenger who is under the age of twenty-one
  and who is not a member of such  holder's  immediate  family,  provided,
  however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply when such
  holder  is  accompanied by a duly licensed parent, guardian, person in a
  position of loco parentis, driver education teacher  or  driving  school
  instructor.

    * NB Effective February 22, 2010