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OH HB35
Bill
Status
1/19/2011
Primary Sponsor
Louis Blessing
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AI Summary
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Requires driver education courses for minors under age 18 to include instruction on safely sharing the roadway with large commercial motor vehicles, including tractor-trailer combinations.
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Mandates both classroom (24 hours) and behind-the-wheel (8 hours) instruction cover stopping distances of large commercial vehicles, proper following distances, and identification of blind spots.
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Requires instruction on proper techniques for noncommercial motor vehicle operators to avoid operating in the blind spots of large commercial motor vehicles.
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Maintains existing minimum instruction hour requirements (24 hours classroom, 8 hours behind-the-wheel) for beginning drivers of noncommercial motor vehicles under age 18.
Legislative Description
To require the classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction that is given to minors in driver education courses to include instruction on the proper driving techniques that noncommercial motor vehicle operators should utilize in order to share the roadway with large commercial motor vehicles safely.
Driver education-instruct minors-how to share road with large commercial vehicles
Last Action
To Transportation, Public Safety & Homeland Security
1/19/2011