Ohio Drivers License

The State of Ohio has graduated stages licensing.

At age 15 ½ you being the graduated stages but you must have the following (the information is also provided in the Digest of Ohio Motor Vehicle Laws:

1. Proof age
2. Proof identity
3. Social Security Card
4. Your parent, or legal guardian, must co-sign the temporary permit application (if you are under the age of 18).
5. You will be required to take a knowledge test
6. You will be required to take a vision exam (eye test)

Once the above has been completed, you:

1. Will be eligible to drive as long as you have your application and photo identification with you when you are driving, and you are with a parent, guardian or a certified driving instructor (until you are 16).

2. Must then complete classroom instruction totaling 24 hours, an additional 8 hours of driving time with a certified instructor, and fifty additional hours of driving which is with a parent with 10 of those hours being nighttime driving

A Fifty Hour Affidavit is required when applying for your driver’s license, which may be no less than 6 months after you have obtained your temporary permit.

Once the above has been completed, you:

1. will be eligible for a probationary drivers license which has a number of restrictions including:

a. not more than one person who is a family member in the vehicle

b. no driving between midnight and 6am unless it is an emergency,

c. no driving unless you are going back and forth to work or school (provided you supply the necessary written documentation as proof of these activities)

d. everyone in your vehicle must be wearing seatbelts (or age appropriate restraints) when you are driving.

*This restriction remains until you are 18 under laws that changed in 2007.

If you are convicted of one moving violation during the first 6 months you hold a license, you will then be required to have a licensed parent or guardian in the vehicle with you for an additional 6 months.

TEMPORARY PERMITS & PROBATIONARY LICENSE SUSPENSION RULES

1. Temporary permit holders and probationary license holders will be suspended for one year for accruing 3 moving violations before age18.
2. Temporary permit holders and probationary license holders may be suspended for six months if convicted of certain traffic-related violations before age 18.
3. Temporary permit holders and probationary license holders who are convicted of certain alcohol-related violations (4511.11 D.U.I.) before age 18 will be suspended for six months. If the offender is not yet 15½, the offender will not be eligible for a temporary permit until the age of 16.

Ohio Drivers Education Requirements

The state of Ohio is among the ranks of the many states that have adopted a graduated licensing program. Gone are the days when you could just walk in to your local Department of Motor Vehicles at age 16 and walk out with a driver’s license thirty minutes later. These days, more and more states are realizing that the statistics concerning teen drivers are not just scare tactics by parents trying to convince their teens to stay home but are reality. For this reason, most states now require driver’s education along with this graduated licensing program in order to teach teens the right way to drive safely and prevent becoming another statistic.

You must be 15 years and six months old before you can apply for a learner’s permit. In order to apply for this first step in the licensing process, you must purchase a permit packet that will follow you until you receive your final driver’s license without any restrictions. Be sure you fill it out as instructed and when instructed, or you will have to purchase a new one. You must drive with a licensed adult at all times once you receive your learner’s permit.

Driver’s education is required in Ohio. This includes 24 hours of classroom instruction, 8 hours of driving with a licensed instructor, and 50 hours of driving time with a licensed adult. This 50-hour behind-the-wheel instruction must include a minimum of at least 10 hours of night driving. The first step of the learner’s permit also requires that all occupants of the automobile wear seat belts, and has certain time restrictions as well.

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