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Drivers Education F.A.Q. for Students and Families

Upon completion and passing the NJ State Driver Examination, students receive the following information: 

 

Students will receive an examination test receipt, which states that they have passed the NJ State Driver Exam with a score of at least an 80%. Students will need to provide this receipt to their licensed driving instructor when they turn 16 and take 6 hours of behind-the-wheel lessons BEFORE they can drive with their parents/guardians. Students will also have to give the Driving School instructor their 6 points of ID, as described in the NJ Driver Manual (See pages 10-13). The Student Learner's Permit must be validated at a MVC Licensing Center before the student can practice supervised driving. A road test can be scheduled at that time. 

 

Once the Special Learner Permit is processed and validated at a Licensing Center, the student may then practice driving when accompanied in the front seat by an adult supervising driver who is at least 21 years of age and who possesses a valid New Jersey driver license for a minimum of three (3) years. Practice driving is not permitted between the hours of 11:01 PM and 5:00 AM.On the Special Learner Permit, students can drive with their parent/guardian, dependents, plus one additional passenger. When they turn 17, they will take the road test at the MVC, and get their Probationary license. They can then drive unsupervised, or drive with ONE passenger, or, only if a parent/guardian is in the car, they can fill the seats. It is illegal for a young driver on the Special Learner Permit or Probationary License to use any hands-held or hands-free electronic devices. 

 

At ages 18, the student will go to the MVC and obtain my Basic License (see guidelines on pages 15-20). At THAT time, the student can use a hands-free phone when necessary.  

 

PLEASE SECURE YOUR EXAMINATION TEST RECEIPT IN A SAFE PLACE UNTIL YOU TURN 16. 

GOOD LUCK DRIVING!!!! 

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MVC Website 

Questions: 

 

  1. My child passed the Written Law Knowledge test! What happens now?
    1.  They need to give the ticket (that shows they passed) to a licensed driving instructor when they turn 16 and schedule 6 hours of behind-the-wheel lessons BEFORE they can drive with their parents/guardians. They will also have to provide the instructor 6 points of ID
    2. The examination test receipt is NOT a permit to drive!!!
    3. If the child is 17, see question #8 

 

  1. What are the guidelines for the NJ State Driver Examination?
    1. The web-based knowledge exam is administered in-person only after the required 30 hours of classroom instruction have been administered to the student taking the exam while enrolled at EHS. Web-based knowledge exams are fifty (50) randomized multiple choice questions accessible via a secured URL provided by the MVC. If a student gets 11 questions wrong it will automatically kick them out of the exam. Likewise if a student gets 40 questions correct it will tell them they passed the exam. After each question it will tell them if they got it right or wrong; they can also skip as many questions as they want. There is no score at the end of the exam like it used to be, it is just “Pass” or “Fail”. 
    2. Once the student passes the exam, the teacher will print the examination test receipt out and provide it to the student. A copy will also be emailed to the student so if the student loses the receipt, another copy can be printed out.
    3. Students will not be permitted to take the NJ State Driver’s Examination if they are not passing Driver’s Education.

 

  1. Is my child able to take the knowledge test in another language? 
    1. Students may take the web-based exam in any of the thirteen (13) languages available in the test application: English, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, Spanish, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Hindi, Albanian, and Turkish.
    2. Students are able to request a language during the registration process. 
    3. At ANY point during the exam students may switch back and forth from English to the alternative language, if registered in another language.

 

  1. My child’s IEP/504 requires them to have the questions read to them:
    1. Students may bring headphones and the certified driving instructor will choose the “Audio” option for them when they are registering  your child.
    2. A student may request to take an oral exam.  
      1. The law knowledge examination may only be read by a NJ MVC licensed Secondary Driving Instructor to any secondary school student, with the student recording responses on the examination. The student must be enrolled in a State Department of Education approved Driver Education Program. The student must have been diagnosed by a child study team as having “a deficiency in reading, perception or other cognitive difficulty associated with any learning disability”.

 

 

 

  1. What happens if my child fails the NJ State Examination? 
    1. Re-takes are offered once a semester.
    2. Students Driver’s Education teacher will let them know when it will occur.

 

 

  1.  What happens if my child fails the re-take examination? 

 

  1. 16  years old- Contact a licensed driving school to make arrangements to take the knowledge test and schedule six-hour behind-the-wheel sessions.  
  2. 17 years old- Schedule an appointment online with the MVC to re-take the exam.
  3. All test failures must wait 7 days to re-test.

 

  1. What are 6 hours? How can I go about getting them?
    1. NJMVC requires all first-time drivers to complete supervised behind-the-wheel driving practice for 6 hours.  
    2. Search “Driving Schools in Mercer County” to decide which licensed driving school can best meet your child’s needs.  

 

  1. My child is 17. Do they have to do 6 hours?
    1. Students over the age of 17 are not required to enroll in behind-the-wheel training.  
    2. Students will receive an  “Examination Permit” by submitting an Auto Permit Application, show a 6-point ID, pass a written/vision test, and pay a $10 examination permit fee to the local MVC agency.  

 

  1. What happens if I lose my examination test receipt? 
    1. Once the student passes the exam, they will receive a hard copy of the examination test receipt. 
    2. Another copy will also be emailed to the email the student provides to print out in the event a student loses the original copy.