Walk It Through: The New Driver in the Family
A permit at 14, the hours a provisional license needs, friends in the car, and a late shift at work.
A teenager has a new instruction permit and wants to drive to the store with an older sibling who just got a license.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A teen on the road system with a car and a job. Restricted licenses off the road system, motorcycles, and a teen's traffic ticket are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- InfractionAn offense under the motor vehicle title that is not a crime, cannot bring jail, and carries no right to a jury or a court appointed lawyer.
- Provisional licenseA license for a driver 16 and under 18 after six months on an instruction permit, with limits on passengers and on driving between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.