Section 1Day 1

Virginia Driver Responsibilities:

Licensing Responsibilities

Section 1 Objectives

• The students will understand the rules and guidelines of the driver’s education program.

• The students will investigate the process of obtaining and maintaining a driver’s license.

Related SOL: DE.1, DE.5, and DE.19

Reminder

Bring paper/pen/pencil/highlighter and notebook Bring paper/pen/pencil/highlighter and notebook to class each dayto class each day

Title/date each bell-ringer and silently Title/date each bell-ringer and silently complete complete

Take detailed notesTake detailed notes

Electronics are for instructional use with Electronics are for instructional use with permission permission

Attendance is MANDATORY!! (NO SLEEPING in class)Attendance is MANDATORY!! (NO SLEEPING in class)

This is what you are trying to get at the end of class..This is what you are trying to get at the end of class..

……no certificate, no license!!no certificate, no license!!

Day 1: Bell Ringer

Label your BR and date Write a half page red to red

What aspects of being able to drive are you most excited and uncertain about? Why?

Explain with details

Day 1a: Bell Ringer

Label your BR and date Write a half page red to red

Do you feel that the Wal Mart Truck presentation was useful? What information did you learn that you did not already know?

Explain Why or Why not.

First, Your Learner’s Permit

• Be at least 15 years and six months old.

• Complete a DL1M learner’s permit and driver’s license application form.

• Furnish proof of ID

• Pass

•a signs test (100%);

•a general knowledge test (80%); and

•a vision test.

• Have a digitized photo taken at DMV.

Your Learner’s Permit

• Be at least 15 ½ years old

• Must fill out learners application

form

Providing Identification Information

One Proof of Identification – (applicants age 19 or older must provide 2 identification documents) Birth Certificate U.S. Passport

One Proof of Social Security Number Social security card W2 form Income tax return

Providing Identification Information

One Proof of Virginia Residency Parents may verify residency of applicants less than 19 DMV-issued ID card

One Proof of Legal Presence Birth certificate Legal passport

Your Learner’s Permit

• Under 19 years old:

must hold a learner’s permit for at least nine months

• Over 19 years old:hold it for 60 days.

Your Learner’s Permit

Allows you to operate a vehicle when a licensed driver at least 21 years old is seated beside you.

Or an 18 year old driver may accompany you only if he or she is your legal guardian, brother, sister, etc. that has a drivers license.

Learner’s permit holders may not carry more than one non-family member passenger who is less than eighteen years old

No learner’s permit shall authorize its holder to operate a motor vehicle between midnight and four a.m.

Must be at least 16 years and three months old

Your 180 Day License

Your 180 Day License

Parent certify that their child has driven for 45 hours, at least 15 of which were after sunset

Your License

If under 18, all first time driver’s licenses are issued from the local juvenile and domestic relations court.

Also, under 18 years old, you may carry only one non-family passenger for the first year of your license.

Curfew Restrictions

• Drivers under 18 yrs. may not operate a motor vehicle between midnight and four a.m.

Your License

Vertical- Under 21 Years Old

Horizontal- Over 21 Years Old

Virginia License RenewalVirginia License Renewal

If you get your Learner’s permit at 16, 17 or 18:

•It expires on 20th birthday

A license must be renewed every 8 years

•It expires on your birthday

VA. Identification Card

Must be a resident of VA No age restrictions All ID cards are valid for five years from the

date of issuance The fee for an ID card is $10 .00

Licensing RestrictionsLicensing Restrictions

Other Types of

Restrictions

Hearing Aids

Daylight Driving Only

Left Accelerator Pedal

Manual controls

•A restriction may be placed on your license. •A code is placed on your license which designates the type of restriction.

Licensing RestrictionsLicensing Restrictions

Types of

Restrictions

Eye Glasses or Contact Lenses

Hearing Aids

Daylight Driving Only

Left Accelerator Pedal

Automatic Transmission

Manual controls

Other adapted vehicle controls

•A restriction may be placed on your license. •This restriction is meant to make you a better driver, not interfere with your driving. •A code is placed on your license which designates the type of restriction.

Suspensions and Revocations

Suspension

The temporary withdrawal of a driver’s license or driving for a definite period of time

Usually 30-90 days, but fewer then 365 days

You must pay the required fee at the end of the suspension period.

X

Revocation

Your privilege to drive has been terminated for usually a year or longer.

Driving privilege may be restored after the revocation period has passed

You must successfully complete the vision, knowledge, road tests and pay the required fees when you reapply

X

Reasons for Suspension or Revocation

Making a false statement to the DMV. Any crime punishable as a felony. Failure to stop and disclose his identity at the

scene of an accident. Operating a motor vehicle under the influence of

drugs or alcohol. Attaining demerit points under 18 years old. Eluding police Failing to pay for gasoline purchases!!!

Administrative License Suspension (ALS)

This is the Implied Consent Law; or if a driver refuses to submit to

the breath test, the person’s license or the privilege to operate a motor vehicle is suspended immediately for 7 days.

Zero Tolerance

If you are under age 21 and drive with a BAC of at least .02%, but less than .08%, you can be fined up to $500 and have your license suspended for six months.

Would you like to be an organ donor?

Organ Tissue Donation

Waiting list is approx. 60,000 people.

National network called, The United Network for Organ Sharing.

Red Heart

Classwork

*Complete the Section 1 worksheet by yourself. See how much you can recall and then use your notes if need be.

*We will go over all of the correct answers.

Quiz 1 – Next class period