Stage 1: Learner’s Permit

The following are the requirements to obtain and for the use of a Learner’s Permit:

(a)the minimum age for a learner’s permit is fifteen and one-half (15.5) years, candidates for a Learner’s Permit are required to pass vision and written knowledge tests, including rules of the road and traffic signs and signals;

(b)permit holders under the age of eighteen

(18)years must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian who is a fully licensed driver at all times while driving; (In the event that the permit holder does not have a parent or guardian who is a fully licensed driver, that parent or guardian may designate, during the application process for a Learner’s Permit, a responsible adult who is a fully licensed driver who either is twenty-one

(21)years of age or older, or the permit holder’s spouse to accompany the permit holder while driving.);

(c)permit holders over the age of eighteen

(18)years must be accompanied by a licensed driver who is either twenty-one

(21)years of age or older, or the permit holder’s spouse at all times while driving, except for United States military personnel while on their work duty schedule or married persons;

(d)permit holders under the age of eighteen

(18)years must have the permit holder’s parent, guardian or designee certify that the permit holder has completed at least fifty

(50)hours of supervised driving, ten

(10)hours of which must be during night hours after 7:00 p.m.; and

(e)Zero Tolerance for Alcohol: permit holders must not have a blood alcohol content that exceeds 0.02 at any time while driving. Permit holders must not be at fault in any collision and remain conviction free of all traffic and motor vehicle code violations for six

(6)consecutive months to move to Stage 2.