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Your state's teen driving laws

Graduated license laws are passed to allow newly licensed drivers to get experiance under low risk safe conditions. Typical graduated licensing includes:

• A period of supervised driving
• A certain required hours of adult supervision
• Prohibitions on night time driving
• Prohibitions on having teen passengers
  

Every state has some type of Graduated Driver Licensing. check your state’s laws for beginning drivers (not intermediate) below: 

State	Learners permit age.	Hours supervised practice	Learners permit
Alabama	15	30 0 w/ driver's ed.	6 months
Alaska	14	40 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Arizona	15 years 6 months	30 (10 Nighttime), 0 with driver's ed.	6 months
Arkansas	14	0	6 months
California	15	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Colorado	15 with driver's ed.	50 (10 Nighttime)	12 months
Connecticut	16	40	4 months
D.C.	16	40 (10 after beginner stage)	6 months
Delaware	16	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Florida	15	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Georgia	15	40 (6 Nighttime)	12 months
Hawaii	15.5	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
State	Learners permit age.	Hours supervised practice	Learners permit
Idaho	15.5	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Illinois	15	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Indiana	15 (w/ driver's ed)	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
IowaIowa	14	20 (2 Nighttime)	6 months
Kansas	14	50 (10 Nighttime)	12 months
Kentucky	16	60 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Louisiana	15	50 (15 Nighttime)	6 months
Maine	15	35 (5 Nighttime)	6 months
Maryland	16.25	60 (10 Nighttime)	9 months
Massachusetts	16	40 (30 with advanced driver training)	6 months
Michigan	14 / 9	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Minnesota	15	30 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
State	Learners permit age.	Hours supervised practice	Learners permit
Mississippi	15	0	12 months
Missouri	15	40 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Montana	14 / 6	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Nebraska	15	50 (10 Nighttime); 0 w/ driver's ed.	6 months
Nevada	15 / 6	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
New Hampshire	15 / 6	40 (10 Nighttime)	0
New Jersey	16	0	6 months
New Mexico	15	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
New York	16	50 (15Nighttime)	6 months
North Carolina	15	60 (10) during Learner stage 12 (6) during Intermediate stage	12 months
North Dakota	14	50 (for less than 16) 0 for over 16.	12 months
State	Learners permit age.	Hours supervised practice	Learners permit
Ohio	15.6	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Oklahoma	15	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Oregon	15	50 (100 without drivers ed.)	6 months
Pennsylvania	16	50	6 months
Rhode Island	16	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
South Carolina	15	40 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
South Dakota	14	0	180 days
Tennessee	15	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Texas	15	20 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
UtahUtah	15	40 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
VermontVermont	15	40 (10 Nighttime)	12 months
Virginia	15	45 (15 Nighttime)	6 months
State	Learners permit age.	Hours supervised practice	Learners permit
Washington	15.5	50 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
West Virginia	15	50 (10 Nighttime); 0 w/ driver's ed.	6 months
Wisconsin	15.5	30 (10 Nighttime)	6 months
Wyoming	15	50 (10 Nighttime)	10 days

Written by Craig J. Casey

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