Summary requirements and driving privileges

Your Provisional Level 1 Driving Privileges
To apply for your provisional level 1 (learner's) license, you must:

• Be at least 14 years, 9 months old.
• Complete segment 1 of an approved driver's education course which began on or after April 1, 1997.
• Pass vision and health standards prescribed by the Secretary of State.
• Receive written approval of a parent or legal guardian.

You may drive only while accompanied by a licensed parent or legal guardian, or with the permission of the parent or guardian, any licensed driver 21 years of age or older.

Your Provisional Level 2 Driving Privileges
To apply for your provisional level 2 (intermediate) license, you must:

• Be at least 16 years old.
• Possess a provisional level 1 (learner's) license for a minimum of 6 months.
• Successfully complete segment 2 of a driver education course approved by the Michigan Department of Education.
• Not have incurred a moving violation resulting in a conviction or civil infraction determination or been involved in an accident for which the official police report indicates a moving violation on your part during the 90-day period immediately preceding application.
• Present certification from your parent or legal guardian to the effect that while accompanied by your licensed parent or guardian (or with the permission of your parent or guardian, any licensed driver 21 years of age or older), you accumulated a total of at least 50 hours of behind-the-wheel driving experience, 10 hours of which must have occurred at night.
• Pass a road skills test approved by the Secretary of State.

You may not operate a motor vehicle between the hours of l2-midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian (or a licensed driver over the age 21 designated by the parent or legal guardian), except when going to or from employment. You may operate a moped at any time with a provisional level 2 (intermediate) license.

Your Provisional Level 3 Driving Privileges
To apply for your provisional level 3 license, you must:

• Be at least 17 years old.
• Have driven at level 2 for a minimum of 6 months.
• Complete 12 consecutive months without a moving violation, an accident in which a moving violation resulted, suspension, or restricted period of violation during the time in which you had been issued a level 2 license.

A provisional Level 3 license grants you full driving privileges.

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