5202418 Motor Vehicles, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - NCDL Driver Instruction & Motorcycle Demonstration Course

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles (Director), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 1825 and 1826 of the Department of Motor Vehicles Establishment Act of 1998, effective March 26, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-175; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-904 and 50-905 (2012 Repl.)), and Sections 6 and 7 of the District of Columbia Traffic Act of 1925 (the Act), approved March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-2201.03 and 50-1401.01 (2012 Repl. and 2014 Supp.)),  hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt the following rulemaking that will amend Chapter 1 (Issuance of Driver’s Licenses) of Title 18 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). 

 

The proposed rules require every person who has never had a driver license to successfully complete a driver instruction course prior to issuance of a provisional permit or driver license; and any person eighteen (18) years or older who has been issued a District of Columbia driver license or provisional permit may obtain a motorcycle endorsement upon successful completion of a motorcycle demonstration course.

 

The Director also gives notice of her intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt these rules in not less than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Title 18, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, of the DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Chapter 1, ISSUANCE OF DRIVER’S LICENSES, is amended as follows:

 

Section 102, DRIVING UNDER INSTRUCTION: LEARNER’S PERMITS, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 102.10 is amended as follows:

 

102.10             [REPEALED].

 

Section 103, APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 103.11 is added as follows:

 

103.11             Every person who has never been issued a driver license must provide documentation that he or she has successfully completed any United States’ (including territories) or Canadian (including territories) jurisdiction approved course of driver instruction prior to issuance of a provisional permit or driver license.

 

 

 

 

Subsection 103.12 is added as follows:

 

103.12             The course referenced in § 103.11, must consist of at least thirty (30) hours of classroom and eight (8) hours of driving instruction and must have been completed within the last six (6) months.

 

Section 104, EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR DRIVER’S LICENSE, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 104 is amended to read as follows:

 

104.13             Residents over the age of eighteen (18) may be approved for the operation of motorcycles only if they hold a valid driver license or valid provisional permit, passed the written motorcycle knowledge test, and successfully completed a motorcycle demonstration course as set forth in § 107.13 of this title.

 

Section 107, LICENSES ISSUED TO DRIVERS, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 107.13 is amended to read as follows:

 

107.13               Any person eighteen (18) years or older who has been issued a District of Columbia driver license or provisional permit may have the license or permit endorsed for the operation of motorcycles, after passing the written motorcycle knowledge test and successful completion of a motorcycle demonstration course in any United States’ (including territories) or Canadian (including territories) jurisdiction provided that (1) the course was completed within six (6) months of the person's application for a District of Columbia motorcycle endorsement, and (2) the person presents a certificate of successful completion of the course.

 

All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should file comments, in writing, to David Glasser, General Counsel, D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles, 95 M Street, S.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20024 or online at www.dcregs.dc.gov.  Comments must be received not later than thirty (30) days after the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.  Copies of this proposal may be obtained, at cost, by writing to the above address.