Amendment ID: S2216-15

Amendment 15

Junior Operator Distracted Driving Education

Messrs. deMacedo and O'Connor and Ms. Gobi move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting the following sections:-

"SECTION XX. Section 13D of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph:-

A driver education course shall include a module on the dangers of distracted driving and mobile electronic device use while operating a motor vehicle.

SECTION XX. Subsection (c) of section 8 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:- The driver education and training course shall include a module on the dangers of distracted driving and mobile electronic device use while operating a motor vehicle.

SECTION XX. The nineteenth paragraph of section 32G of said chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “vehicle”, the following sentence:- Said curriculum shall include a module on the dangers of distracted driving and mobile electronic device use while operating a motor vehicle."