A measure adding motorcycle awareness training to the DMV’s mandatory, pre-licensing course has passed the Senate unanimously.

Under Senate bill S2119, a motorcycle safety and awareness component would be added to the mandatory five-hour pre-licensing class required of all new drivers.

“It’s so important that all drivers—and especially new drivers—know how to share the road,” said Senator Patty Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, one of the bill’s co-sponsors. “By making motorcycle safety training part of what new drivers are required to learn, we are taking an important step toward making our roadways safer for all who travel them, whether on two wheels or four.”

The bill was sent to the Assembly.

According to the most recent statistics from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, there were more than 4,700 accidents—148 of which were fatal—involving motorcycles in 2014. Of those killed, 135 were operating motorcycles, Ritchie said.

The bill's passage comes as more bikers take to New York's highways and what Ritchie calls "Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month" to raise awareness among motorists about the need to use extra caution around cyclists.