Graduated License

INSTRUCTION PERMIT

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Available at age 14.
• Written approval of parent/guardian.
• Satisfactory performance in vision screening and knowledge tests.
• Proof of Identity & Verification of Social Security Number

CONDITIONS

• Must be held for a minimum of six months.
• All driving must be supervised by a licensed driver. May drive only with parent/guardian, Immediatee family member over 21, driver education teacher, driver over 25 with written permission of parent/guardian.
• Number of passengers limited to number of safety belts available in vehicle.
• Must complete 20 hours of supervised driving; minimum of two hours must be between sunset and sunrise.
• Must drive accident-free and conviction-free for six consecutive months Immediateely preceding application for intermediate license (see box at right).  The permit must not be expired or withdrawn during this six-month period.
• Must complete Iowa approved or comparable driver education course
• 30 hours of classroom instruction which must include four hours of substance abuse education, minimum of 20 minutes on railroad crossing safety, and information on organ donation.
• six hours laboratory, three hours of which must be behind the wheel; may use simulators for the remaining time.
• no parental waiver of any behind-the-wheel drive time.
• Instruction permit will have a distinct color bar and the words "under eighteen" printed on it.

INTERMEDIATE LICENSE

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Available at age 16.
• Must meet all conditions of instruction permit.
• Written approval of parent/guardian.

CONDITIONS

• Must be held for a minimum of 12 months.
• May drive:
• without supervision from 5 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
• between 12:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. only with a licensed driver who is a parent/guardian, Immediatee family member over 21, or designated adult over 25.
• with a waiver, may drive between 12:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. to and from work or school-related extracurricular activities.
• Must complete 10 hours of supervised driving; minimum of two hours must be between sunset and sunrise. The supervision must be by a licensed driver who is a parent/guardian, Immediatee family member over 21, or designated adult over 25.
• Number of passengers limited to number of safety belts available in vehicle.
• Must drive accident-free and conviction-free for 12 consecutive months Immediateely preceding application for full license (see box at right).  The intermediate license must not be expired or withdrawn during this twelve-month period.
• Intermediate license will have a distinct color bar and the words "under eighteen" printed on it.

Up to age 18, all conditions of the intermediate license shall remain in effect until the holder of the intermediate license has been issued a full license.

FULL LICENSE

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Available at age 17.
• Must meet all conditions of intermediate license.
• Written approval of parent/guardian.

CONDITIONS

• Full driving privileges with no restrictions.
• For drivers under age 18 or age 21, the license shall have the words "under eighteen" or "under twenty-one," respectively, printed on it.

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