Walk It Through: The New Driver
A permit at sixteen, the hours with a parent, a provisional license with a curfew, and a phone left alone.
A high school junior passes driver training and a written test and gets a limited instruction permit.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A teen with no violations. Drinking and driving under eighteen, a suspension, and insurance for a new driver are not worked through here.
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.
- Hands freeUsing a wireless handset through an earpiece, headset, speaker or similar without the hands, except to activate a feature. It is the only phone use allowed while driving.
- Limited provisional licenseThe second level of a teen license, after six months on a permit, allowing driving alone from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. and with one young passenger in the first twelve months.