Ohio Road Test Checklist 2026 (Free Printable)

Study sheet for before your test. Notes aren’t allowed in the DMV test room. Every state bans notes, phones and printouts during the knowledge test, in person and online.

Study sheet for before your test. Notes aren’t allowed in the DMV test room.
Source: Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (Ohio Department of Public Safety) and Ohio law, sources numbered below · Checked October 4, 2026 · Printed Oct 12, 2026 · drivingtestpal.com/ohio/study-sheets/road-test-checklist/

Ohio · Road test

Ohio road-test checklist

Driving and Skills Test (maneuverability test and on-road driving test)

Tick each box during practice drives in the weeks before your test. The numbers in brackets are the sources listed at the bottom.

How it’s scored: Points are deducted for each error. You pass if you lose no more than 25 points on the road test and no more than 25 points on the maneuverability test. The point value of each error is set on a form the Registrar prescribes; Ohio does not publish that form. [3]

Bring to the test [2]

Your TIPIC (temporary instruction permit)
Completed BMV 5791 Fifty-Hour Affidavit (under 21, or a limited-term non-renewable TIPIC)
Driver Education Certificate (under 18; under 21 it may be requested if BMV can't verify it electronically)
A vehicle in good condition for testing

Vehicle check before you go [4]

Working turn signals, brake lights, horn, windshield wipers and headlights (checked before the test)
Front doors must open from inside and outside with the door handle
Current registration displayed on the license plate
Automated assistance tools such as automated parking must be turned off

Maneuvers the examiner scores [2, 4]

Maneuverability test, step one: forward through the markers
Maneuverability test, step two: backing through the markers
Turn around and back up (on-road test)

Skills checked throughout [4]

Stopping and starting
Turns
Turn signals
Lane position
Following distance
Following the examiner's directions

Automatic failures: never do these [2, 3, 4]

Running over or knocking down a marker on the maneuverability course
Moving a marker out of the designated area
Other dangerous actions
Losing more than 25 points on either the road test or the maneuverability test

Sources

publicsafety.ohio.gov: section 1 how to get your driver license
bmv.ohio.gov: dl gdl
codes.ohio.gov: rule 4501:1 1 10
publicsafety.ohio.gov: section 11 taking the driving test