Section 1
Day 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
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Bring paper/pen/pencil/highlighter and notebook to class
each day
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Title/date each bell-ringer and silently complete
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Take detailed notes
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Electronics are for instructional use with permission
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Attendance is MANDATORY!! (NO SLEEPING in class)
This is what you are trying to get at the end of class..
…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
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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
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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.
Your 180 Day License
 Must be at least 16 years
and three months old
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 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 Restrictions
•A restriction may be placed on your license.
•A code is placed on your license which designates
the type of restriction.
Other Types of
Restrictions
Hearing Aids
Daylight Driving Only
Left Accelerator Pedal
Manual controls
Licensing Restrictions
•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.
Eye Glasses or Contact Lenses
Hearing Aids
Types of
Daylight Driving Only
Left Accelerator Pedal
Restrictions
Automatic Transmission
Manual controls
Other adapted vehicle controls
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.
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
Reasons for Suspension or
Revocation
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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