Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4501 - Department of Public Safety - Administration and Director
Chapter 4501-54 - Motor Vehicle Collision Prevention Course
Section 4501-54-05 - All course curriculums shall meet the following standards
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4501-54-05
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
[Comment: For dates and availability of material incorporated by reference in this rule, see paragraph (L) in rule 4501-54-02 of the Administrative Code.]
(A) All course curriculums shall meet the following standards:
(1) The duration of a course shall be a
minimum of six hours of instruction. Instruction time includes all actual
classroom instruction and skills demonstration, and shall not include time
spent for registration, lunch breaks, other break periods, and issuance of the
"Mature Driver Course Completion Certificate."
(2) All courses shall include a written
exercise and a skills demonstration.
(3) All courses shall contain at a minimum
the following subject requirements:
(a)
Concept of crash prevention;
(b)
Defensive driving techniques, with concepts including visual lead time,
communications, and adjusted speed margin of safety;
(c) The effects of aging upon the driving
tasks, both mental and physical;
(d) Methods of compensating for the effects
of aging;
(e)
Risks of driving and crash factors resulting
fromalcohol and drug use ;
(f) Motor
vehicle inspections, vehicle systems, vehicle
technologies, vehicle maintenance and equipment;
(g) Distracted driving;
(h) Understanding the vehicle, vehicle
awareness, and personal safety;
(i)
Sharing the road with other road users, including
pedestrians and bicyclists;
(j)
Updated laws,
driving environments, and roadway designs.
(B) The skills demonstration standards shall require the participant to demonstrate the ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of a motor vehicle in the performance of the following activities:
(1) Start and place a motor
vehicle in motion.
(2) One backing
maneuver.
(3) One left turn and one
right turn of a through street at an intersection.
(4) One left turn and one right turn at an
intersection with a stop sign.
(5)
Stop and secure motor vehicle.
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