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

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 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.