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Your TIPIC: documents & restrictions

A 3-minute lesson from the Ohio course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.

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3 minutes
Course unit
Getting Your License
Checkpoint questions
6
Source pages
5

The TIPIC is Ohio's learner's permit. It lets you practice on real roads, but only with the right adult beside you and under strict rules that apply at every age.

Identity you must prove (from the Acceptable Documents List):

  • Full legal name
  • Date of birth
  • Social Security number (if assigned)
  • Citizenship or legal presence
  • Ohio street address (two documents for a federally-compliant card)
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Know the rule

If you are under 18, your parent or guardian must be present to co-sign the TIPIC application.

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Know the rule

If you have an Ohio ID card, it is canceled when the TIPIC is issued. An Ohio resident may hold only one Driver License or ID card at a time.

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Who must sit in the front passenger seat

Who must sit in the front passenger seat
Permit holder's ageRequired supervisor
Under 16Parent, guardian, custodian or licensed driving instructor
Under 16 (alternative)A person 21 or older acting in loco parentis
16–17, outside midnight–6 a.m.Any valid licensed driver age 21 or older
16–17, midnight to 6 a.m.Parent, guardian or custodian with a valid license
18 and overA licensed driver age 21 or older
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In loco parentis

Acting in the place of a parent. Under 16, an adult 21+ who acts in this role may supervise instead of a parent, guardian or instructor.

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Rules for TIPIC holders of all ages:

  • Carry the TIPIC at all times when driving
  • The eligible adult in the front passenger seat must not be intoxicated
  • The driver and all passengers must wear safety belts
  • No use of any mobile electronic device while driving
  • Total occupants cannot exceed the number of safety belts installed
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Put it into practice

You're 17 and it's 12:30 a.m. Your 25-year-old licensed cousin offers to ride with you. Between midnight and 6 a.m. only a parent, guardian or custodian with a valid license can supervise, so your cousin can't — but at 11 p.m. the cousin would have been fine.

Check your understanding

Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.

Under age 16, who must sit in the front passenger seat while you practice driving on a TIPIC?
  1. Any licensed driver over 18
  2. A sibling with a valid license
  3. Any adult passenger
  4. A parent, guardian, custodian, licensed instructor, or a person 21+ acting in their place

Answer: A parent, guardian, custodian, licensed instructor, or a person 21+ acting in their place

Drivers under 16 must be supervised by a parent, guardian, custodian, licensed instructor, or a person 21 or older acting in loco parentis.

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You're 16 and practicing driving at 1 a.m. Who is allowed to supervise you?
  1. Only a parent, guardian, or custodian with a valid license
  2. Any licensed driver 21 or older
  3. Any licensed driver 18 or older
  4. No one — driving is prohibited at that hour

Answer: Only a parent, guardian, or custodian with a valid license

From midnight to 6 a.m., 16- and 17-year-old permit holders must be supervised specifically by a parent, guardian, or custodian.

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At age 18 and over, who may supervise your TIPIC practice driving?
  1. Any licensed driver
  2. A licensed driver 21 or older
  3. A licensed driver 18 or older
  4. No supervision is required

Answer: A licensed driver 21 or older

Adult TIPIC holders may only practice with a licensed driver who is 21 or older.

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What must every TIPIC holder do, regardless of age?
  1. Drive only during daylight
  2. Display a permit sticker on the vehicle
  3. Carry the TIPIC whenever driving
  4. Complete 100 hours of driving first

Answer: Carry the TIPIC whenever driving

All TIPIC holders, at every age, must carry the TIPIC whenever they drive.

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Your TIPIC practice vehicle has only 4 safety belts installed. How many total occupants can legally ride, including you?
  1. 5
  2. 3
  3. 6
  4. 4

Answer: 4

Total occupants cannot exceed the number of safety belts installed in the vehicle.

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You're 17 and driving with a licensed 25-year-old friend at 11 p.m. Is this legal?
  1. No, from 9 p.m. on only a parent may supervise
  2. No, 17-year-olds can never drive after 10 p.m.
  3. Yes, but only with a parent present
  4. Yes — the midnight-6 a.m. restriction hasn't started yet

Answer: Yes — the midnight-6 a.m. restriction hasn't started yet

Ages 16-17 may practice with any licensed driver 21+ except during the midnight to 6 a.m. window — 11 p.m. is outside that window.

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