Young Drivers

Waiting to get your permit can be an exciting time for young drivers.

With some of these useful tips you can take the right steps in order to get your license when you turn sixteen.

The first thing is for you to get your provisional permit before you do anything else.

A license is labeled provisional if the person is under the age of 18.

The provisional license carries more restrictions than a normal license that a person that is eighteen and over

would have.

Young Drivers And Restrictions

A teenage driver with a provisional driver’s license has a couple of restrictions.

First restriction is you are not allowed to drive between midnight and five in the morning.

The main reason behind this restriction is because young drivers are considered more dangerous, so it is best to not

let them drive late at night to protect other drivers.

Only family members are allowed to ride in the vehicle during the first six months of your provisional license.

After the first six months has passed you are allowed one passenger, who is not a family member, to ride in the

vehicle you are driving.

Once you have had your license for one year you are allowed up to three passengers, who are under the age of twenty-one and who are not family members to ride in the

vehicle you are driving.

In order to obtain your provisional license or permit you must be at least fifteen years old and under eighteen.

Once a young driver has received his or her drivers permit, they must follow the restrictions or they could lose their

license.

All traffic rules must be followed at all times.

You must not have an accident while driving.

In order to drive you must have a parent, spouse, guardian, or an adult twenty-five years or older, who has a valid

driver’s license in the same state.

Finally, you must have your provisional driver’s license for a minimum of six months before you can take your exam to

get your actual driver’s license.

How Young Drivers Gets Their License

Teen drivers who are looking to get their driver’s license must be at least sixteen years of age.

Also, you must have held your permit in the same state for at least one year.

Younger teenage drivers must also complete a driver’s education class also referred to as Drivers Ed.

There must also be six hours of completed professional driver training by selecting one of many Texas Driving

Schools.

The final requirement is to have 50 hours of completed practice time with an adult that is twenty-five years of age

or older.

The adult must sign off and log all fifty hours of time and then of those fifty hours must be done during the night.

Every day there are many new young drivers that come onto the roads for the first time.

With that many new drivers every day, there is always someone who is inexperienced on the road.

So whether you are old or young it is best to keep calm and follow the traffic laws.

If you can keep a good driving record throughout your time learning you can save money on insurance and maybe even

get a job opportunity that otherwise may not have been available to you before.