§ 56-13 Comply with Laws – Miscellaneous.
RCNY § 56-13
(a)Traffic Laws. A Driver must comply with all applicable traffic laws, rules and regulations. The Commission will impose fines and penalties in addition to any fines and penalties imposed by the underlying law as follows: (1) Laws, rules or regulations governing stationary vehicles. 35 RCNY § 56-13(a)(1)Fine: $100 if plead guilty before a hearing; $200 if found guilty following a hearing.Appearance NOT REQUIRED (2) Laws, rules or regulations governing moving vehicles, other than hazardous moving violations defined by paragraph (3) of this subdivision. 35 RCNY § 56-13(a)(2)Fine: $200 if plead guilty before a hearing; $300 if found guilty following a hearing.Appearance NOT REQUIRED (3) Laws, rules or regulations governing moving vehicles that involve hazardous moving violations, defined as follows: • speeding; • failing to stop for school bus; • following too closely (tailgating); • inadequate brakes, either your own vehicle or your employer's vehicle; • failing to yield right-of-way; • traffic signal violation; • stop sign violation; • yield sign violation; • railroad crossing violation; • improper passing; • unsafe lane change; • driving left of center; • driving in wrong direction; and • leaving scene of a Collision involving property damage or injury to animal. 35 RCNY § 56-13(a)(3)Fine: $300 if plead guilty before a hearing; $400 if found guilty following a hearing, for each violation below.Appearance NOT REQUIRED (b) Persistent Violator Program. In addition to any other action the Commission might take, the following penalties will be enforced as part of the Commission's Persistent Violator Program: (1) License Suspension. If, within a 15-month period, a Driver accumulates a total of at least six but fewer than ten TLC Points or DMV Points or both combined, the Commission will suspend the Driver's Paratransit Driver's License for up to 30 days.
(2)License Revocation. If, within a 15-month period, a Driver accumulates a total of ten or more TLC Points or DMV Points or both combined, the Commission will revoke the Driver's Paratransit Driver's License.
(3)Review of Driver Fitness. The Commission can at any time review the fitness of a Driver to continue to be licensed following any moving violation, Collision, or other driving-related incident and can seek to impose other, additional, and/or more severe penalties or take any other action permitted under these Rules.
(4)15-Month Period. When determining whether a suspension or revocation is required based on the accumulation of points in a 15-month period, the Commission will calculate the 15-month period by counting backwards 15 months from the date of the most recent conviction for the violation carrying points that is cited in the summons issued under this section.
(5)Date of Point Accumulation. For the purpose of this rule, points assigned by the Department of Motor Vehicles or the TLC for any violation will be counted as of the date of conviction.
(6)Multiple Points from a Single Incident. For a Driver who has been found guilty of multiple violations arising from a single incident, the Commission will consider the Driver guilty of the single violation with the highest point total for purposes of this section.
(7)Point Reduction for Voluntary Course Completion.
(i)Before suspending or revoking a Driver's License, the Commission will deduct three TLC Points from the points accumulated by any Licensee who voluntarily attends and satisfactorily completes a Point Reduction Course or three DMV Points from the points accumulated by any Licensee who voluntarily attends and satisfactorily completes a Defensive Driving Course. Such point reduction will count only towards points accumulated by the Licensee as a result of the conviction for violations that occurred within 15 months prior to the date of the completion of the course, counting from the date of conviction. In order for the Defensive Driving Course or Point Reduction Course to reduce the Licensee's Persistent Violator Program points, the course must be satisfactorily completed prior to the adjudication of the Persistent Violator summons. Completion of the Defensive Driving Course or Point Reduction Course after the adjudication of a Persistent Violator Program summons will reduce the Licensee's Persistent Violator Program points only after the Licensee completes his or her suspension. If the Licensee's driver's license was issued by a state other than New York, the Licensee must submit a recent driving abstract from the state of licensure.
(ii)The Driver must furnish the Commission with proof when the course was taken and that the course was satisfactorily completed before the Commission will reduce the Driver's point total.
(iii)If the Commission has already suspended or revoked the Driver's License, the point reduction will not change the Commission's decision.
(iv)The Commission will not reduce the TLC Points of any Driver more than once in any five-year period and will not reduce the DMV Points of any Driver more than once in any 18-month period.
(v)If no Point Reduction Course is available when the Driver seeks to enroll, the Driver may take a Defensive Driving Course. After the Driver furnishes the Commission with proof that the course was satisfactorily completed, the TLC will deduct three points from the number of points accrued under the Persistent Violator Program whether such points are TLC Points or DMV Points. (Amended City Record 9/22/2016, eff. 10/22/2016; amended City Record 5/10/2023, eff. 6/9/2023)
