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Remedial Driving Instruction Course

Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 4501-21


Course Requirements

  1. A classroom course shall be a minimum of 8 hours in duration.

  2. Minimum subject requirements:

        Accidents "Preventable or Not"

        The Practice of Defense Driving

        How to Avoid a Collision with the Vehicle Behind

        How to Avoid a Collision with an Oncoming Vehicle

        How to Avoid an Intersection Collision

        The Art of Passing and Being Passed

        The Mystery Crash

        How to Avoid Other Common Types of Collisions

  3. A minimum of 25% of the number of hours of instruction shall be devoted to driver attitude.

Duties of the Course Operator

  1. Certify to the registrar of motor vehicles as to the successful completion of the course for each applicant who applies for a two-point credit after receiving a 6-point warning letter, or being charged with a two point violation; or as needed for reinstatement requirements.

  2. Certification must be on a form and in a manner approved by the Registrar.

  3. No course operator shall send a certification of completion of the course unless the course has been completed in its entirety.

  4. Records must be maintained by course operator for a period of two years.

Click HERE to find listings of approved remedial driving schools throughout Ohio.

 

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