N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 501-b: Additional restrictions on certain learners' permits and drivers' licenses

§ 501-b. Additional restrictions on certain learners' permits and

drivers' licenses. 1. In addition to the restrictions contained in

subdivision five of section five hundred one of this article, no holder

of a class DJ or class MJ learner's permit shall:

(a) operate a motor vehicle with any front seat occupants other than

the supervising driver;

(b) operate a motor vehicle unless every occupant of such vehicle is

properly restrained by a safety belt or child safety seat in accordance

with the provisions of subdivision three-a of section twelve hundred

twenty-nine-c of this chapter;

(c) operate a motor vehicle with more than one passenger who is under

the age of twenty-one and who is not a member of such holder's immediate

family, provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall

not apply when such holder is accompanied by a duly licensed parent,

guardian, person in a position of loco parentis, driver education

teacher or driving school instructor;

(d) be eligible for issuance of a class DJ, MJ, D or M license unless

such permit has been valid for at least six months. Any time period in

which such class DJ or MJ learner's permit has been suspended or revoked

shall not be counted in determining the length of time that such

learner's permit has been valid.

2. In addition to the restrictions contained in subdivision three of

section five hundred one of this article, no holder of a class DJ or

class MJ license shall operate a motor vehicle:

(a) unless every occupant of such vehicle is properly restrained by a

safety belt or child safety seat in accordance with the provisions of

subdivision three-a of section twelve hundred twenty-nine-c of this

chapter; and

(b) with more than one passenger who is under the age of twenty-one

and who is not a member of such holder's immediate family, provided,

however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply when such

holder is accompanied by a duly licensed parent, guardian, person in a

position of loco parentis, driver education teacher or driving school

instructor.