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Learners Permit Restrictions
Learners Permit Restrictions - Learners License Limitations
Learners permit or learners license is one the key steps towards achieving a drivers license. Although the learners permit allows you to drive, it has certain restrictions that must be observed by every learners permit holder. Learners license is part of the Graduated Drivers License program that has been enacted in most states and was shown to reduce the number of accidents that have teenage drivers involved. Learner’s permit may be issued only if you pass the written permit test at the DMV, which may be accompanied by the request to complete a driver’s education course.
Common Restrictions
Some of the common restrictions include but are not limited to:
- no driving between certain hours (usually a curfew for night hours)
- no driving on highways
- no driving in certain areas
- restrictions of the number of passengers that can be carried in the vehicle
- restrictions of passenger age
- “family members only” restriction, when only family members are allowed to be in the vehicle operated by learners permit holder
- no traffic offense convictions
Failure to abide to these restrictions may result in revocation of your learner's permit or refusal of drivers license.
You might want to check the restrictions that are specific to your state of residence and learners license issuance.
Why All Restrictions
The main purpose of the learners permit is to provide the holder with the ability to obtain some essential driving skills before applying for a drivers license. Due to the fact that the permit holder usually has little or no driving experience, they usually have to avoid complicated traffic situations and night time driving. Young drivers are usually easily distracted by fellow friends and this is why most states have passed on restrictions to the number of passengers that can be carried by the learner permit holder.
The restrictions posed onto all permit holders are part of the Graduated Drivers License (GDL) program that is currently in use in most states around the country.
