- (1) The motorcycle safety education program shall offer motorcycle rider training courses designed to develop and instill the knowledge, attitudes, habits, and skills necessary for the proper operation of a motorcycle. The courses shall be taught by instructors approved under KRS 176.5063 and shall include no fewer than eight (8) hours of hands-on instruction for a novice course.
- (2) Rider training courses shall be open to a resident of any state who is eligible for a motor vehicle instruction permit in the person's home state.
- (3) Rider training courses shall be provided free of charge to applicants under eighteen
- (18) years of age.
- (4) The cabinet shall issue certificates of completion in a manner and form prescribed by administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A to persons who satisfactorily complete the requirements of a motorcycle rider training course offered or authorized by the state program.
(5) The Transportation Cabinet shall exempt applicants for a motorcycle instruction permit or operator's license or endorsement from the written test for a motorcycle instruction permit and the skills test for a motorcycle operator's license if the applicant presents satisfactory evidence of successful completion of an approved rider training course that includes a similar test of knowledge and skills. Applicants under this subsection who successfully completed their testing on a three (3) wheeled motorcycle shall be subject to the restrictions outlined in KRS 186.480(3).
- (a) The Motorcycle Safety Education Commission shall publish a list of approved
- (6) rider training courses which meet the licensing requirements.
- (b) The Motorcycle Safety Education Commission shall publish a list of approved instructor training courses which meet the licensing requirements.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2023. -- Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 4, effective June 29, 2021; and repealed, reenacted, and amended ch. 190, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 39, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2018. -- Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 2, effective July 1, 2005. Formerly codified as 15A.352