Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 247 - NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTORS PURSUANT TO NEB. REV. STAT. Sections 60-4,173 THROUGH 60-4,179
Section 247-2-005 - Entry Level Student Courses of Instruction

Current through March 20, 2024

005.01 Entry Level Student Hours.

A minimum of six hours of classroom instruction and six hours of behind-the-wheel instruction must be given to each entry level student.

005.01A Hospital Exemption. Rehabilitation hospitals which assess needs of disabled patients and train for those specific needs are exempt from the six-hour behind-the-wheel and the six-hour classroom instruction requirements. They are expected to take whatever time is necessary to train the patient adequately.

005.02 Classroom Instruction.

The offered classroom instruction must include safe driving practices in the operation of motor vehicles.

005.03 Behind-the-Wheel.

Behind-the-wheel instruction must consist of actual driving practice while the motor vehicle is in motion. Instruction given while the motor vehicle is parked cannot be recorded as behind-the-wheel instruction time.

005.04 Simulator.

Up to one hour of behind-the-wheel instruction may be replaced by use of a driving simulator at a proportion of four to one. (One hour of simulated driving equals 15 minutes of behind-the-wheel drive time.)

005.05 Driving Range.

Up to two hours of behind-the-wheel instruction may be replaced by time on a closed course driving range at a proportion of two to one. (Two hours on a driving range equals one hour behind-the-wheel.)

005.06 Entry level student vehicles.

Any driver training school that teaches entry level students must have at least one registered motor vehicle which has been equipped for driver training purposes.

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