driving permit
Novice motorist credential
A driving permit is a document authorizing someone to operate a motor vehicle under restricted conditions, typically while learning to drive.
Most permits require a licensed adult in the passenger seat and may limit nighttime driving or highway use: She got her driving permit on her sixteenth birthday.
Also called a learner's permit.
Guidance for action
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- road rulesDriving conduct standards
- traffic lawsRules for road users
- written testAssessment done in writing
knowledge test · road test · study guide · manual · theory · examination · trainer · instructor
Conditional and possibly temporary
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- age requirementMandated minimum years
- DMVVehicle registration agency
- applicationFormal request document
eligibility · expiration date · vision test · photo ID · identification · signature · endorsements · supervision
Moving people or goods
- vehicleMeans of transport
- commuteRegular work travel
- travelMovement between locations
- automobileSelf-propelled passenger conveyance
highway · traffic · route · navigation · independence · first car · errands · freedom
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- underageBelow legal minimum years
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- rite of passageTransition-marking ceremony
sixteen · coming-of-age · responsibility · excitement · training · practice hours · probationary
instruction
Guidance for action
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- road rulesDriving conduct standards
- traffic lawsRules for road users
written test · knowledge test · road test · study guide · manual · theory · examination · trainer · instructor · parallel parking
provisional
Conditional and possibly temporary
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- age requirementMandated minimum years
- DMVVehicle registration agency
application · eligibility · expiration date · vision test · photo ID · identification · signature · endorsements · supervision · curfew
transportation
Moving people or goods
automobile · highway · traffic · route · navigation · independence · first car · errands · freedom · self-sufficiency
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- underageBelow legal minimum years
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
rite of passage · sixteen · coming-of-age · responsibility · excitement · training · practice hours · probationary
- new driver licensesL plates
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
driving permitlicense revocation
Formal withdrawal of permission
suspended license · driving ban · license suspension · revoked license
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