For an ordinary trip with a friend, during the first 12 months of a California provisional license, when may a driver under 18 carry a passenger under 20?
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A.
Never during the first 12 months
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B.
Only when a parent, guardian, or California-licensed driver at least 25 years old rides along Correct
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C.
Only during daylight hours, never after dark
The answer is "Only when a parent, guardian, or California-licensed driver at least 25 years old rides along"
For an ordinary trip with a friend during the first 12 months, a provisional driver under 18 may carry a passenger under 20 only when a parent, guardian, or other California-licensed driver at least 25 years old rides along. The medical, school, work, and immediate-family carve-outs sit in a separate list after the three main restrictions, and each one requires its own signed note, so none of them applies on a social ride. Answer A comes from the driver-ed shorthand "no young passengers for a year," which stops reading before the "unless your parent or guardian" clause printed in the same bullet.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Never during the first 12 months
The passenger bullet is written as an 'unless' rule, not a flat 12-month ban; a qualifying supervising adult in the vehicle lifts the restriction. This answer repeats the driver-ed shorthand 'no young passengers for a year' as if it were the whole rule, and stops reading before the 'unless your parent or guardian' clause in the same bullet.
C. Only during daylight hours, never after dark
The daylight framing belongs to the separate 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew bullet, not the passenger rule; the passenger limit applies at every hour of the day. This answer fuses the passenger bullet with the 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew bullet stacked directly above it, because both restrictions cover the same first 12 months.
This question tests your knowledge of Licensing Process in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "Minor's Restrictions and Exceptions," p.4..
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