Idaho: Minor & Provisional Licensing Questions
10 real, verified Idaho driving-test questions on minor & provisional licensing, each with the correct answer and a full explanation below. Want to practice these interactively instead? Start a Minor & Provisional Licensing practice round.
1. What are the age range and expiration rule for an Idaho Driver Training Permit (DT)?
Why: A Driver Training Permit is available to anyone 14 1/2 to under 17; it expires 5 days after the holder's 18th birthday, or in 6 months (180 days) if the holder was 17 1/2 or older when issued.
2. What does an approved Idaho Driver Training (DT) program require, for someone under 17 applying for a license?
Why: An approved Idaho DT program consists of 30 hours of classroom instruction, 6 hours in-car observing other student drivers, and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel practice with an approved instructor.
3. What does a Class D Instruction Permit (IP) require in Idaho?
Why: A Class D Instruction Permit is available to an applicant 17 or older, valid one year, requires an accompanying licensed adult 18 or older, and may be renewed once without retesting if the prior knowledge test was within the past 12 months.
4. What happens if an Idaho GDL supervised-instruction-period driver is convicted of a traffic violation during that period?
Why: Idaho's GDL supervised instruction period requires at least 6 violation-free months; any traffic conviction during that period cancels the permit and restarts the 6-month clock with a new permit.
5. When can a driver under 16 in Idaho drive without a licensed adult 21+ in the front seat?
Why: A driver under 16 may only drive between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. (daylight hours) unless a licensed adult 21 or older is in the front seat beside them.
6. How many non-family passengers under 17 can an Idaho driver under 17 carry during their first 6 months of licensure?
Why: During the first 6 months after an under-17 driver's license is issued, they may carry no more than one passenger under 17 who isn't related to them by blood, adoption, or marriage.
7. When does an Idaho license or ID card for someone under 21 expire?
Why: A license or ID card for someone under 21 shows "Under 21 until [date]" and expires five days after the holder's 21st birthday.
8. What happens after a driver under 17 gets their second moving-violation conviction in Idaho?
Why: GDL penalties for under-17 drivers escalate: a warning letter for the first conviction, a 30-day absolute suspension for the second, and a 60-day absolute suspension for the third or later.
9. How does Idaho's knowledge test work?
Why: Idaho's knowledge test consists of 40 questions, allows missing up to 6 (34 correct, 85%) before failing, and is computer-adaptive -- it ends as soon as 34 correct answers are reached.
10. What happens if an Idaho applicant fails the skills test?
Why: A failed skills test (more than 12 errors) requires waiting 3 days before retesting, and paying the test fee again -- the same rule applies to a failed knowledge test.
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