Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) All course participants are required to
successfully complete a written exercise administered by the course instructor.
The exercise shall consist of not less than twenty-five questions and shall
have a mixture of true/false and multiple choice questions. A score of not less
than seventy-five per cent is required for satisfactory completion of the
written exercise.
(B) All course
participants are required to successfully complete a skills demonstration
administered by the course instructor.
(C) The course instructor may offer one of
the following options for completion of the skills demonstration:
(1) On-road skills demonstration - The course
instructor shall ride with the student in a motor vehicle on the public
roadways through a course that meets the requirements established in paragraph
(B) of rule
4501-54-05
of the Administrative Code and this rule for the skills
demonstration.
(2) Off-road skills
demonstration - The course instructor shall take a position on the off-road
practical course that allows him or her to observe the student's actual
operation of a motor vehicle through the course. The off-road skills
demonstration shall meet the requirements established in paragraph (B) of rule
4501-54-05
of the Administrative Code and this rule and be laid out with at least one
simulated cross intersection. One roadway is to be designated a through street
and the other a stop street. Simulated roadways on the off-road course cannot
exceed twenty-four feet in width equally divided into two marked lanes. The
off-road skills demonstration shall be provided on a range that meets the
following requirements:
(a) The range is a
closed-course facility;
(b) The
range has adequate unobstructed run-off areas;
(c) Paths of travel shall be designed to
provide adequate space to minimize risk to students;
(d) The range shall be paved or concrete,
reasonably level surfaces that are in good condition and free of potholes,
loose materials or other surface defects;
(e) The range shall not contain obstacles
within the exercise areas.
(D) Evaluation of the skills demonstration
shall be based on the following criteria:
(1)
Did the participant drive within the prescribed skills demonstration
area?
(2) Did the participant stay
in the appropriate lanes when turning?
(3) Did the participant exercise the proper
use of turn signals?
(4) Did the
participant maintain the proper stopping distances at intersections?
(5) Did the participant exercise vigilance
for other traffic?
(6) Did the
participant wear a seat belt?
(7)
Did the participant safely and successfully complete a backing
maneuver?
(E) The student
shall perform all demonstrations as set forth in paragraph (B) of rule
4501-54-05
of the Administrative Code and shall meet all the criteria established in
paragraph (D) of this rule for purposes of the skills demonstration.
