Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Speight and Assemblyman Mukherji
SYNOPSIS
Allows parent or guardian to be present during behind-the-wheel instruction of minor.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning behind-the-wheel instructional experience and supplementing P.L.1951, c.216 (C.39:12-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A drivers’ school, or person employed as a driving instructor, shall not prohibit a parent or guardian from being a passenger in the backseat of a motor vehicle during a student’s behind-the-wheel instructional experience if the student is under 18 years of age.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Under the provisions of this bill, a drivers’ school, or person employed as a driving instructor, could not prohibit a parent or guardian from being a passenger in the backseat of a vehicle during a student’s behind-the-wheel instructional experience if the student is under 18 years of age. The bill allows a parent or guardian of a student who is a minor to take the precaution of being present during the instruction so the student is not alone with the driving instructor.