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Failed the road test? What happens next in Ohio
Under 21, you wait two days. From 21, a first fail on a first license means a short required course, unless you trained in the last year. Then you book again.
Road test, , 4 min read
Road Notes
Short notes on learning to drive in Columbus, for teens, parents and adults.
Set up a maneuverability course with cones
Five cones, a tape measure and an empty lot. The state's measurements for the box, and two drills to run until five clean passes in a row feel normal.
Road test, , 4 min read
Your first merge onto I-270
The ramp, the gap, the right lane and the way off. How to take a new driver onto the Outerbelt for the first time.
Columbus roads, , 5 min read
Roundabouts for learners: how to drive Dublin's circles
Yield to the left, pick your lane before the line, signal on the way out. Then ten minutes of loops on a quiet morning.
Columbus roads, , 4 min read
School zones and school buses: the two stops new drivers get wrong
Twenty miles an hour when children are there, and a full stop for a bus's red lights on most roads, stop arm or not.
Ohio rules, , 4 min read
Ohio's hands-free law for new drivers and their parents
Two rules, by age: no device at all under 18, and nothing in your hand from 18 up. What each one allows, and what it costs.
Ohio rules, , 4 min read
Coaching a new driver without the shouting
Whether your learner is 15 or 20, the adult beside them does most of the teaching. A few habits that keep it calm.
Parent tips, , 5 min read
Your teen's first 10 practice hours: a plan for Columbus parents
Fifty hours is a lot of Saturdays. How to spend the first ten so the other forty go well.
Parent tips, , 5 min read
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