Certificate in lieu of skill test

1. A training program may be certified as valid for road test purposes to waive the class D road skill test. The program, whether provided by a commercial driving school or a public school, must comply with all requirements of North Dakota Century Code chapter 39-25 or the regulations prescribed herein. When a driving school course is so certified by the director, the certificate of course completion may be presented to the driver's license office as evidence of completing the ability test in lieu of an additional ability test performed by examiners for license issuance. 2. "Certificate of course completion" means a certification of completion of thirty hours of classroom training and a driving course through which the graduate has demonstrated the correct behavior of driving safely on the highway while interacting with other traffic. The certification includes successful demonstration of: a. Starting and stopping the vehicle; b. Proper driving posture; c. Proper use of vehicle controls, including use of clutch or automatic transmission; d. General observation skills and attention to the driving task; e. Controlling the vehicle; f. Speed control; g. Proper intersection speed; h. Intersection observance; i. Traffic lights, stop sign intersections, and railroad crossings; j. Adherence to other traffic signs; k. Unsigned intersections; I. Proper application of the right-of-way; m. Proper lane positioning; n. Safe lane changes; o. Multi-lane and one-way streets; p. Proper full stops; q. Proper following distance; r. Right turns and left turns; s. Proper signaling; t. Backing, to include parallel parking without park assist technology; and u. Driving in residential, business, highway, and rural areas, including gravel road surfaces.