Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4501:1 - Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 4501:1-1 - Driver Licenses › Section 4501:1-1-08 - Pre-temporary driver examination procedure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The examination required by paragraph (A)
			 of rule
			 4501:1-1-07
			 of the Administrative Code shall consist of three parts; the first part
			 covering physical qualifications shall consist of vision test and
			  an inquiry into
			 any physical disability; the second part shall consist of a written test
			 composed of a minimum of twenty questions equally weighted, in which the
			 applicant must answer correctly seventy-five per cent of said questions
			 covering motor vehicle laws, rules of the road pertaining to safety,
			 regulations of the bureau of motor vehicles as prescribed by the director of
			 public safety, and guidelines established by the federal motor carrier safety
			 administration; the third part shall consist of a written test composed of a
			 minimum of twenty questions equally weighted, in which the applicant must
			 answer correctly seventy-five per cent of said questions covering highway
			 warnings and traffic signs, signaling devices and directions given in the
			 English language. The reference document for the material covered in the tests
			 described in part two and three will be the official "Ohio Digest of Motor
			 Vehicle Laws" as prescribed by the director of public safety and as it may be
			 amended and revised from time to time.
(B) The examination required by paragraph (B)
			 of rule
			 4501:1-1-07
			 of the Administrative Code for commercial driver applicants shall consist of a
			 vision test and color blindness test and a written test of general commercial
			 driver knowledge composed of a minimum of fifty questions equally weighted, of
			 which the applicant must answer eighty per cent correctly (forty correct
			 answers) in order to pass. In addition, an applicant who wishes to qualify for
			 special endorsements must answer correctly eighty per cent of the questions in
			 each specific category as follows: combination vehicles, twenty questions
			 (sixteen correct answers); double or triple vehicles, twenty questions (sixteen
			 correct answers); hazardous materials, thirty questions (twenty-four correct
			 answers); passenger transport, twenty questions (sixteen correct answers);
			 tankers, twenty questions (sixteen correct answers); or, school bus, twenty
			 questions (sixteen correct answers). Any applicant who does not take or fails
			 to answer correctly eighty percent of the twenty-five questions (twenty correct
			 answers) on the air brakes test shall be restricted from operating a vehicle
			 equipped with air brakes.
(C) The
			 tests concerning the signs, signals and directions designated by the director
			 of transportation, the motor vehicle laws, the rules of the road, and the rules
			 and regulations and the written portion of the commercial driver's license
			 examinations may be taken orally if the applicant is determined by the examiner
			 to be illiterate except that the test for hazardous materials and school bus
			 must be taken in English in written or electronic form.
(D) Except as otherwise provided in this
			 rule, the department of public safety may develop versions of the knowledge
			 portion of the examination required by paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule that
			 can be taken in languages other than English in written or electronic form. If
			 an applicant for a driver's license wishes to take the knowledge examination in
			 a language other than English, an interpreter may provide translation
			 assistance to the applicant unless the department has developed a written or
			 electronic version of the examination in a language in which the applicant is
			 fluent, in which case the applicant must take that written or electronic
			 version of the examination without the assistance of an interpreter.
Effective: 4/10/2016
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 01/19/2016 and
				01/15/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 4501.02,
				4506.09,
				4507.01
Rule
				Amplifies: 4506.03,
				4506.07,
				4506.12,
				4507.05
Prior
				Effective Dates: 2/8/68, 12/27/89 (Emer.), 7/9/90, 12/11/05, 4/23/06, 8/13/07,
				3/21/11