West Virginia driving lesson · Driver Responsibilities
School attendance, unsafe drivers and re-examination
A 3-minute lesson from the West Virginia course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Keeping a license is about more than your driving record. Minors must stay in school, and anyone can be re-tested if there's good reason to think they are no longer safe behind the wheel.
Know the rule
If your school tells the DMV you are not attending or have excessive unexcused absences, the DMV restricts your license.
If an immediate family member can no longer drive safely, you may write a detailed explanation to the DMV with their name, address, date of birth and license number, if possible.
If the Commissioner has good cause to believe you are unqualified, you may have to take a medical, written or driving exam; afterward you may be suspended, revoked or restricted.
A 16-year-old skips so much school that the school notifies the DMV. Now they may drive to work or a doctor's appointment but not to the mall, until they turn 17 or bring a Release of Restriction form and pay the fee.
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.
If your school reports excessive unexcused absences, the DMV restricts your license to work, school, medical, religious, and emergency driving until what age?
16
18
17
21
Answer: 17
The restriction lasts until age 17, or until you present a Release of Restriction form from your school and pay any reinstatement fee.