Requirement For Home Training

All applicants for a driver's license under 18 years of age must show proof of driver training at the time and before the driver's test.

If trained at home, the applicant must hold the learner's permit for six months prior to being able to test for a driver's license. Applicants who
receive classroom and behind-the-wheel training at Connecticut Driving School, Inc. or a other commercial driving school or secondary school must hold a permit for four months.

Applicants may be trained at home by one of the following:

                  *   parent
                  *   foster parent or legal guardian
                  *   grandparent
                  *   spouse of a married minor applicant

Notice:  Following instructor must be at least 20 years of age or older and have held a license for four or more years prior to training.

One of the above must sign a statement at the time of the test which states that the applicant has obtained a learner's permit and successfully completed at least 25 hours of a course of study which covers all of the material in the Connecticut Driver's Manual, and such other information on driver education that is deemed necessary for a person to know in order to safely operate a motor vehicle under present day driving conditions.

The student driver must also be given at least 20 hours of behind-the-wheel, on-the-road instruction. It is advisable for home training instructor to use the Connecticut Driver's Manual as a reference for on-the-road training.

Home- trained applicants must also show evidence of completing a 20 hours course (effective October 1, 2005 the course requirements eight hours that includes a minimum of four hours) on:
      
                *   The nature and the medical, biological and physiological effects of alcohol and drugs and their impact on the operator
                     of a motor vehicle

                *   The dangers associated with the operation of a motor vehicle after consumption of alcohol or drug abuse

                *   The penalties for alcohol an d drug- related motor vehicle violations


Notice:  Student drivers should contact Connecticut Driving School for this approved course.