AB 347

Under current law, with limited exceptions, applicants for a motor vehicle

operator's license are required to successfully complete a knowledge test and an

on-the-road driving skills test. Also under current law, the Department of

Transportation (DOT) must waive the driving skills test for a person applying for

authorization to operate motorcycles if the person has successfully completed a basic

rider course approved by DOT. This bill requires DOT to waive the motorcycle

driving skills test for an applicant who has successfully completed a basic or more

advanced rider course approved by DOT.

Also under current law, DOT may not require a person applying for

authorization to operate motorcycles who has successfully completed a basic rider

course approved by DOT to hold an instruction permit prior to the issuance of a

license authorizing the operation of motorcycles. Under this bill, DOT may not

require a person who is applying for authorization to operate motorcycles and who,

if the person is under age 18, has successfully completed a basic rider course

approved by DOT or, if the person is age 18 or older, has successfully completed a

basic or more advanced rider course approved by DOT to hold an instruction permit

prior to the issuance of a license authorizing the operation of motorcycles.