Driver's License Test Prep
California Practice Graduated Licensing

You are 17 with a California provisional license. Which type of driving does the manual specifically prohibit?

  1. A.
    Driving your immediate family members to school.
  2. B.
    Driving on freeways during daylight hours.
  3. C.
    Driving for pay or a commercial Class A, B, or C vehicle. Correct
The Why

The answer is "Driving for pay or a commercial Class A, B, or C vehicle."

Provisional drivers cannot drive for pay or in vehicles requiring a commercial Class A, B, or C license. The freeway answer comes from a graduated program elsewhere that restricts highway driving for new licensees; California limits hours, not roads.

Why the others miss

The traps in the wrong answers

A. Driving your immediate family members to school.

Family transportation is not prohibited; the manual lists driving an immediate family member as an exception to other restrictions. This answer confuses the passenger-under-20 rule with a broader ban on driving relatives around.

B. Driving on freeways during daylight hours.

California sets no daylight freeway ban for provisional drivers; the restricted hours run from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. This answer invents a freeway restriction that some other states apply to new drivers but California does not.

The Rule

This question tests your knowledge of Graduated Licensing in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "Minor's Restrictions and Exceptions," p.4..

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