27:5F-43 - State Review Board on Driver Education; guidelines for driver education - New Jersey Statutes

27:5F-43  State Review Board on Driver Education; guidelines for driver education.

10.  a.  There is established a State Review Board on Driver Education. The Director of the Office of Highway Traffic Safety or his designee shall be ex officio the chairman of the board. The Governor shall appoint to the board a certified secondary school driver education teacher and representatives from the Department of Education, the Department of Transportation, the AAA Clubs of New Jersey, the Driving School Association of New Jersey, the Insurance Council of New Jersey, the New Jersey Association of Chiefs of Police, the New Jersey State Safety Council and the New Jersey Traffic Safety Officers Association.  The board shall make recommendations to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles with respect to rules and regulations promulgated under this act including, but not limited to, the development of uniform curriculum guidelines for approved classroom and behind-the-wheel driver education.  Any vacancies occurring in the membership shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments.

b.The course of instruction for behind-the-wheel driver education shall be designed to develop the skills necessary for the safe and lawful operation of a motor vehicle.  Defensive driving, highway courtesy, appropriate driving behavior and attitudes, accident avoidance, safe passing and lane changing, and a general understanding of and respect for the State's motor vehicle laws shall be emphasized.

L.1998,c.108,s.10; amended 2001, c.420, s.2.