Ohio Defensive Driving Course FAQs

Yes, eligible Ohio drivers may complete the program to receive a two-point credit on their driving record. However, you will not receive the credit if you take the course to satisfy a court order.

Drivers with two to 11 points on their license will receive a two-point credit that allows them to receive 14 points before having their license suspended. This credit will remain valid for three years, and you're permitted to take the course for a point credit up to five times in your lifetime.

Yes, our course is approved by the Ohio Department of Public Safety. If you received a court order to complete the Ohio remedial program, which is an 8-hour defensive driving course, you can satisfy state requirements by completing this online course and submitting your certificate to the court.

If your license was suspended for receiving 12 or more points within a two-year period, you can take this course to meet one of the requirements for license reinstatement.

In addition to completing a defensive driving course, you must:

• Serve a six-month suspension
• File a certificate of insurance (SR-22/bond)
• Pay a reinstatement fee
• Retake the driver license exam

Yes, Our online Ohio Adult Remedial Course is approved by the Ohio Department of Public Safety (DPS) and accepted by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). It satisfies the training requirement to reinstate your license or comply with court-ordered Adult Remedial Program training.

The adult remedial driving course curriculum includes a minimum of eight hours of instruction. At least 25% of the curriculum is devoted to instruction on driver attitude and at least 25% of instruction time is devoted to the area of alcohol and drugs and the operation of motor vehicles.

The course explores a number of topics, including:

• Driving risks that can be managed
• Developing good visual habits
• Communicating with others
• Personal responsibility and safe driving attitude
• Safe and courteous driving strategies and principles
• Assessing speed and adjusting speed
• Dynamics of a crash
• Space management
• Consequences of poor driving behavior
• Distracted driving
• Handling driving emergencies
• Safety restraint systems, safety belts, airbags and child passenger seats
• Financial responsibility laws
• Vehicle technology issues
• Driver fitness
• Alcohol, drugs and driving
• Aggressive driving issues and road rage
• Anatomical gifts and anatomical gift procedures
• References to Ohio-specific laws

Yes, your course completion will automatically be reported to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Once your completion has been successfully reported, you will receive an email with your official digital certificate of completion issued by the BMV.

Yes. Because we automatically report your course completion to the Ohio BMV, you do not need to submit a certificate after finishing the course. After your completion has been successfully reported on the Ohio Driver Education and Training System (DETS), you will receive an email with your official digital certificate of completion issued by the BMV.

Yes. This is an adult remedial driving course designed for drivers ages 18 and up. Drivers who are 19 or older can take the course if they received a juvenile license suspension that occurred before the age of 18.

The Ohio Adult Remedial Course takes at least eight hours to complete. To earn your certificate of completion, you must spend at least eight hours (480 minutes) in the course, not including breaks.

Students have up to 30 days to complete the course after registration. If you do not complete the course within 30 days, you must purchase the course again and start over to earn your certificate.

Yes. The state requires you to take a mandatory 10-minute break after every two consecutive hours of learning. Time spent during mandatory break periods does not count toward the eight hours you're required to spend in the course

Yes, the state requires you to confirm your identity to prove you complete the course unassisted. Before you take the final exam, you are required to answer a question to confirm your identity. If you do not answer the identity question correctly, you will have one more opportunity to answer. If the second validation question is answered incorrectly, you will be locked out of the course for one day.

The next calendar day, you will receive two more opportunities to correctly answer a question to confirm your identity.

This course can be completed 100% online using any internet-connected device. There are no minimum browser requirements.