Ohio DMV Cheat Sheet: Key Numbers
The numbers people mix up most often, on one page. Print it or save it as a PDF and review it before your test.
Knowledge test format
- questions
- 40
- correct to pass
- 30 (75%)
Learner's permit and teen license rules by state
- Learner's permit from age
- 15½ years old
- Hold the permit at least
- 6 months
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours
- Of them at night
- 10 hours
- Night limit for new drivers from
- Midnight
Drunk driving laws by state: BAC limits
- Drivers 21+
- 0.08%
- Under 21
- 0.02%
- Commercial (CDL)
- 0.04%
- Refusing a chemical test (1st time)
- 12 months
Cell phone laws for drivers by state
- No phone at all for drivers under
- 18 years old
Parking distances by state
- Fire hydrant
- 10 feet
- Crosswalk at an intersection
- 20 feet
- Wheels from the curb
- 12 inches
School bus, move over and bicycle passing laws by state
- Stop from a school bus at least
- 10 feet
- Passing a bicyclist
- 3 feet
- Stopped emergency vehicle
- Move out of the lane next to it if safe, or slow down
Car seat and booster seat laws by state
- Car seat until at least
- 4 years old
- Booster seat until at least
- 8 years old
License renewal, insurance and points by state
- Points that can suspend your license
- 12 points in 24 months
- Minimum liability insurance
- $25/$50/$25 (thousand)