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Driver Licensing Restrictions And Requirements for Every State

Most states have a Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) program. It's split into three stages: the learner stage, intermediate stage, and unrestricted stage. Each has its own set of rules, and for good reason! Teen drivers are three times more likelyFatality Statistics Detail Teenagers Topics to get into a fatal crash than adult drivers, so these restrictions are here to keep everyone safe.

As a teen, you start your journey with a learner's permit — no matter where you live. Then, as you grow up and get more experience behind the wheel, you work your way up.

Let's explore the basic requirements you'll have to meet for each teen driving licensing stage.

Learner's Permit Rules

Having a learner's permitTrending Taken Drivers Ed Classes How Do I Get License Driversed.com lets you drive anywhere with adult supervision. Generally, you can get yours after completing a driver's education course and passing the knowledge test. But that's not all: you must also meet your state's minimum age requirements.

Where Can I Get My Permit at 14?

  • Alaska

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours (10 hours at night or during inclement weather)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Arkansas

    • Can only drive supervised by a licensed driver

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Idaho (14.5 years old)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Iowa

    • Must drive supervised for 20 hours (2 at night)

    • Must complete driver's ed

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Kansas

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Must take driver's ed classes

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Michigan (14 years, 8 months of age)

    • Supervised driving: 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Must complete driver's ed course

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Montana (14.5 and taking driver's ed)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • North Dakota

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours

    • Must pass a driver's ed course

    • Minimum duration:

      • 12 months for teens under 16

      • 6 months for teens aged 16-18

  • South Dakota

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night, 10 during inclement weather)

    • Minimum duration:

      • 6 months if enrolled in driver's ed

      • 9 months without driver's ed

Where Can I Get My Permit at 15?

  • Alabama

    • Must complete 50 hours of driving with supervision

  • Arizona (15.5 years old)

    • Must drive supervised for:

      • 30 hours (10 hours at night) if not taking driver's ed classes

      • 20 hours (6 hours at night) if enrolled in driver's ed classes

  • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • California (15.5 years old)

    • Must take driver's ed and professional driver training

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 hours at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Colorado (15 for teens enrolled in driver's ed; 15.5 for teens taking driver awareness)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Florida

    • Must have completed a Traffic Law and Substance Abuse (TLSA) course

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

      • For the first 3 months, only daylight driving is allowed

      • Afterward, only until 10 p.m.

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Georgia

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours (6 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Hawaii (15.5 years old)

    • No passengers allowed in the vehicle, besides the instructor

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Illinois

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • No driving at all between:

      • 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., Sunday through Thursday

      • 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., Friday and Saturday

    • No passengers besides the supervising instructor

    • Minimum duration: 9 months

  • Indiana (only teens taking driver's ed)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Louisiana

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (15 at night)

    • Driver’s ed required if under 18

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Maine

    • Must drive supervised for 70 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Maryland (15 years and 9 months old)

    • Must drive supervised for 60 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 9 months

  • Minnesota

    • Must drive supervised for:

      • 50 hours (15 at night)

      • 40 hours (15 at night) if parent completes a 90-minute course

    • Must take driver's ed

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Mississippi

    • Minimum duration: 12 months (for teens under 17)

  • Missouri

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Montana (only teens who skip driver's ed)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Nebraska

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Nevada (15.5 years old)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Must complete driver's ed, online or in person

      • If there is no course within 30 miles of their residence and there’s no internet access, teens must complete 100 hours behind the wheel with a licensed adult

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • New Hampshire (15.5 years old)

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours (10 at night)

    • Must complete driver's education

  • New Mexico

    • Must have completed driver's ed classes

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • North Carolina

    • Must have completed a driver's ed course

    • Must drive supervised for 60 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Ohio (15.5 years old)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Must complete a driver's ed course

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Oklahoma (15.5 for teens taking driver's ed)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Oregon

    • Must drive supervised for:

      • 50 hours, if enrolled in driver's ed

      • 100 hours, if not enrolled in driver's ed

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • South Carolina

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours (10 at night)

    • Must have completed driver's ed

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Tennessee

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • No nighttime driving at all from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Texas

    • Must drive supervised for 30 hours (10 at night)

    • Must have complete driver's ed

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Utah

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Vermont

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours (10 at night)

    • Must complete driver's ed

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Virginia (15.5 years old)

    • Must complete driver's ed course

    • Must drive supervised for 45 hours (15 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 9 months

  • Washington

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • West Virginia

    • Must complete 50 hours of supervised driving (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Wisconsin (15.5 years old)

    • Must complete driver's ed course

    • Must drive supervised for 30 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Wyoming

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 hours)

    • Minimum duration: 10 days

Where Can I Get My Permit at 16?

  • Colorado (only teens skipping driver's ed)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Connecticut

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours

    • Minimum duration:

      • 4 months for driving school enrollees

      • 6 months for home-taught teens

  • Delaware

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Only 1 passenger allowed in the vehicle

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • District of Columbia

    • May drive supervised between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. (no nighttime driving allowed)

      • There are different limits September through June:

        • Sunday to Thursday, 6 a.m. to 10:59 p.m.

        • Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

    • Must drive supervised for 40 hours

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Indiana (only teens skipping driver's ed)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Kentucky

    • Must drive supervised for 60 hours (10 at night)

    • No driving from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m.

    • Driver’s ed required if under 18

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Massachusetts

    • Must complete driver's ed classes

    • Must drive supervised for:

      • 30 hours (for teens who completed driver skills develop.m.ent program)

      • 40 hours (for teens that didn't)

    • No driving unsupervised from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • New Jersey

    • Must be enrolled in driver's ed classes

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • New York

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Oklahoma (only teens skipping driver's ed)

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Pennsylvania

    • Must drive supervised for 65 hours (10 at night, 5 in inclement weather)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Rhode Island

    • Must have completed driver's ed

    • Must drive supervised for 50 hours (10 at night)

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

Provisional License Rules

Once you pass the road testTrending How Pass Your Driving Test First Time Avoiding Common Mistakes Driversed.com, you'll receive a provisional license. With it, you can hit the road on your own. Sure, you'll have to follow curfews and strict rules about where you can drive and how many people you can take with you. Still, it's a big step toward earning your independence!

Getting a Provisional License at 14.5

  • South Dakota (only teens with driver's ed; 14 years, 9 months for teens without)

    • No unsupervised driving from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

    • No passengers, except family, in the vehicle for the first 6 months

    • After 6 months, only 1 passenger outside of family allowed

Getting a Provisional License at 15

  • Idaho

    • Needs to have completed a driver's ed course (if under 17)

    • No unsupervised nighttime driving for teens under the age of 16

    • No more than 1 non-family passenger under age 17 for the first 6 months

  • Kansas (only for driving to and from school)

    • No unsupervised driving from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

    • Only 1 non-family passenger under 18 allowed when driving unsupervised

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Montana

    • No driving from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

    • There are passenger restrictions when driving unsupervised:


      • Only 1 non-family passenger under 18 allowed for first 6 months

      • Then, up to 3 non-family passengers under 18 allowed

  • New Mexico (15.5 years old)

    • No unsupervised driving from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.

    • Only 1 non-family passenger under 21 allowed in the vehicle if teen drives unsupervised

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • South Carolina (15.5 years old)

    • No driving unsupervised between:

      • 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. (EST)

      • 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. (EDT)

    • Only 2 non-family passengers under 21 allowed, while unsupervised

      • Exception: more passengers are allowed if driving to school

Getting a Provisional License at 16

  • Alabama

    • No driving from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m.

    • May only drive 1 non-family passenger

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Alaska

    • No unsupervised driving from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.

    • No passengers under 21, except when supervised

  • Arizona

    • No unsupervised nighttime driving from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m.

    • No more than 1 passenger under 18

  • Arkansas

    • No driving alone from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.

    • No more than 1 non-family passenger under 21

  • California

    • No driving from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. (within the first 12 months)

    • Must not transport passengers under the age of 20 unsupervised (within the first 12 months)

  • Colorado

    • No unsupervised driving between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m.

    • No passengers under 21 for the first 6 months, then only 1 passenger under 21 for the following 6 months

  • Connecticut (16 years, 4 months for teens in driving school; 16.5 for home-taught teens)

    • Driver’s ed is required for applicants younger than 18 and parents must attend a 2-hour course on teen driving laws.

    • No unsupervised driving from 11 a.m. to 5 a.m.

    • Cannot drive any unlicensed passengers under 20 years old for the first 6 months

    • May only drive immediate relatives for the next 6 months

  • Delaware (16.5 years old)

    • No unsupervised driving from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

    • Only 1 non-family passenger allowed in the vehicle during the day

  • District of Columbia (16.5 years old)

    • Must drive supervised for 10 hours at night

    • May only drive alone during these times:

      • September through June

        • 6 a.m. to 10:59 p.m., Sunday to Thursday

        • 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., Friday and Saturday

      • July and August

        • 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., every day

    • No passengers (besides the instructor) for the first 6 months if driving alone

    • For the following 6 months, no more than 2 passengers under 21 allowed

  • Florida

    • Unsupervised driving is only allowed between:

      • 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. (for 16-year-olds)

      • 5 a.m. and 1 a.m. (for 17-year-olds)

    • No passenger restrictions

  • Georgia

    • No driving from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m., no exceptions

    • There are passenger restrictions in place:

      • First 6 months, only immediate family members allowed

      • Following 6 months, only 1 non-family passenger under 21 allowed

      • After 1 year of issuance, 3 non-family passengers under 21 allowed

  • Hawaii

    • Must have completed driver's ed course

    • No unsupervised driving from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

    • No more than 1 passenger under 18, except for family, while driving alone

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Illinois

    • Same nighttime driving restrictions apply

    • No more than one passenger under 20 for the first 12 months, except immediate family

    • After 12 months, no passenger limit as long as everyone is buckled up

  • Indiana (16 years, 3 months for teens with driver's ed; 16 years, 9 months for those without)

    • No unsupervised driving between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. for the first 6 months

    • After 6 months, no unsupervised driving between:

      • 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., Sunday through Thursday

      • 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., on Friday and Saturday

    • No passengers for the first 180 days if driving unsupervised

  • Iowa

    • Must drive supervised for 10 hours (2 at night)

    • No unsupervised driving from 12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m.

    • For the first 6 months, only 1 non-family passenger allowed when driving unsupervised

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Kansas (without restrictions on destination)

    • No unsupervised driving from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

    • Only 1 non-family passenger under 18 allowed when driving unsupervised

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Kentucky (16.5 years old)

    • No driving from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m.

    • Only 1 non-family passenger allowed while driving unsupervised

  • Louisiana

    • No unsupervised driving from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

    • Only 1 non-family passenger under 21 allowed between 6 p.m. and 5 a.m., if driving unsupervised

  • Maine

    • No non-family passengers if driving unsupervised (first 9 months)

    • No driving between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m.

  • Maryland (16.5 years old)

    • Must have taken driver's ed

    • No non-family passengers under 18 for the first 5 months if driving unsupervised

    • No unsupervised driving between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m.

    • Minimum duration: 18 months

  • Massachusetts (16.5 years old)

    • No non-family passengers under 18 for the first 6 months when driving unsupervised

    • No driving unsupervised from 12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m.

  • Michigan

    • No driving from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

    • Only 1 non-family passenger under 21 when driving unsupervised

    • Minimum duration: 6 months

  • Minnesota

    • No unsupervised driving from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. (for first 6 months)

    • There are passenger restrictions when driving unsupervised:

      • Only 1 non-family passenger under 20 for the first 6 months

      • Up to 3 passengers under 20 for the second 6 months

  • Mississippi

    • No driving unsupervised from:

      • 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., Sunday through Thursday

      • 11:30 p.m. to 6 a.m., Friday and Saturday

  • Missouri

    • No driving unsupervised from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.

    • There are passenger restrictions:

      • Only 1 non-family passenger under 19 for the first 6 months

      • After that, no more than 3 non-family passengers under 19

  • Nebraska

    • No unsupervised driving from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m.

    • For first 6 months, only 1 non-family passenger under 19 allowed

    • Minimum duration: 12 months

  • Nevada

    • No driving unsupervised from 10 a.m. to 5 a.m.

    • No non-family passengers under 18 allowed for the first 6 months

  • New Hampshire

    • No driving unsupervised from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m.

    • No more than 1 passenger under 25 for the first 6 months

  • New York (16.5 years old)

    • No driving unsupervised from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

      • Exception: No driving unsupervised at all in all five boroughs of NYC

      • Exception: Only limited daytime unsupervised driving allowed in Long Island

    • Only 1 non-family passenger under 21 allowed

  • North Carolina

    • No driving from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

    • No more than one passenger under 21

  • North Dakota

    • No driving unsupervised from sunset or 9 p.m. (whichever is later) to 5 a.m.

  • Ohio

    • No driving unsu

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