HB 1353 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1353
AN ACT raising driver testing standards.
SPONSORS: Rep. LaPorte, Hills 39
This bill increases the examination standards required for obtaining a driver's license in the state.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2362
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT raising driver testing standards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Increased Driver Testing Standards. Amend RSA 263:6 to read as follows:
263:6 Examination. Before a license is granted to any person, the applicant, if not previously licensed to drive a motor vehicle in this state, shall pass such examination as to the person's qualifications as the director may prescribe including a backing maneuver to check for proper procedure and backing ability, demonstration of hand signals, proper hand positioning for steering and turning, 4 left and 4 right turns to check for hand positioning and steering, operation at differing speeds and knowledge of traffic signs while driving. Each licensing examination shall also be at least 30 minutes in duration. Motorcycle licensing examinations shall not include these tests, but motorcyclists shall show knowledge of signage on a written test. Such examination may include an examination for visual acuity as prescribed by the director. All license examinations shall be conducted by department of safety personnel. No license shall be issued until the director is satisfied that the applicant is a proper person to receive it. No physical defect of an applicant shall prohibit the applicant from receiving a license unless it can be shown by common experience that such defect results in an incapacity to safely drive a motor vehicle, except as provided in RSA 263:13.
2 Increased Driver Testing Standards. Amend RSA 263:7 to read as follows:
263:7 Reexamination. The director may require with cause any person holding a license to drive motor vehicles or applying for reissue of such license to pass such examination as to the person's qualifications as the director shall prescribe, in accordance with RSA 263:6. Such reexamination may include an examination for visual acuity as prescribed by the director. All license examinations shall be conducted by department of safety personnel. No license shall be reissued to such person or continued in effect until the director is satisfied as to such person's fitness to drive a motor vehicle. Every person upon reaching his or her seventy-fifth birthday shall demonstrate his or her physical and mental qualifications to hold a license by examination, as prescribed by the director.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.