Before an under-18 applicant can move from a learner's license to a Class E driver license, how much driving experience must be certified?
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A.
100 hours, with a professional instructor's signature
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B.
30 hours total, all logged during daylight only
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C.
40 hours, with 5 hours logged after sunset
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D.
50 hours, of which at least 10 must be at night Correct
The answer is "50 hours, of which at least 10 must be at night"
A parent, legal guardian, or responsible adult 21 or older must certify at least 50 hours of driving experience, 10 of them at night. Applicants who carry the 40-hour parent-supervised total from another state's teen-driver program pick the 40-and-5 answer and land short of Florida's higher requirement.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 100 hours, with a professional instructor's signature
Florida requires 50 hours, not 100, and the signer can be a parent, legal guardian, or responsible adult 21 or older, not a paid instructor. This answer doubles Florida's hour total and swaps the parent signer for a paid instructor, borrowing the certification pattern from private driver-training states.
B. 30 hours total, all logged during daylight only
Florida requires 50 hours, not 30, and specifically mandates that 10 of those hours be logged at night. This answer treats the practice-time floor a driver's-ed course prints on its enrollment sheet as the whole Florida requirement, and drops the night-hours carve-out entirely.
C. 40 hours, with 5 hours logged after sunset
The certified total is 50 hours with 10 night hours; 40 and 5 do not match either figure in the Florida manual. This answer carries over the 40-hour parent-supervised total from another state's teen-driver program in place of Florida's higher total, then halves the night-hour count to match.
This question tests your knowledge of Licensing Process in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Requirements for Class E Learner's & Driver License: If under age 18," p.8..
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