Know an 18 year old getting ready to test for their first driver’s license? The process just got a bit harder, reports Emily Williams of The Columbus Dispatch.
Ms. Williams writes:
Starting Saturday [July 1], adult applicants for a driver’s license who fail the driving test on their first try will have to take an abbreviated driver-training course before their next attempt.
This course will include both classroom and in-car components.
Adult applicants who fail their first exam will have to complete a four-hour course either online or in-person. Behind-the-wheel training also will be required and can be completed by driving for four hours with an instructor or 24 hours with a licensed driver who is 21 or older.
The classes will be a condensed version of the instruction that teen drivers receive ...
Lawmakers haven't only been thinking about first-time adult drivers, however. New rules affecting teenagers might soon be coming down the pike.
Legislators are considering instituting more safety measures for teenage drivers, too. A House bill introduced Tuesday would require teens to hold a temporary permit for a year before taking a driver’s test. It also would prohibit newly licensed teens from driving between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Now, temporary permits are issued at age 15 1/2 and must be held for six months, and nighttime restrictions for teen drivers don’t start until midnight.
That nighttime limit doesn’t cut it, the bill’s supporters say, because 75 percent of nighttime crashes involving teens occur between 9 p.m. and midnight.
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[T]he bill’s requirement that a temporary permit be held for one year would, in effect, change Ohio’s legal driving age to 16 1/2. A temporary permit is valid for only one year; the bill would make it valid for 2 1/2 years.
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