Before an Illinois driver under age 18 can obtain a driver's license, how much behind-the-wheel supervised practice does state law require?
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A.
50 hours, with 10 at night. Correct
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B.
100 hours behind the wheel.
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C.
6 hours through an approved driver education course.
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D.
30 hours logged during driver ed.
The answer is "50 hours, with 10 at night."
Illinois requires 50 hours of behind-the-wheel supervised driving, including 10 at night, before a driver under 18 can be licensed. The six-hour option is the trap: that figure is the Adult Driver Education Course requirement for first-time drivers age 18-20, printed nearby in the same chapter.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. 100 hours behind the wheel.
Illinois sets the minimum at 50 hours; doubling it to 100 is not what the manual prints. This answer rounds up to a bigger figure a reader who remembers the rule was 'a lot of hours' but never checked the exact count.
C. 6 hours through an approved driver education course.
Six hours is the Adult Driver Education Course length for first-time drivers age 18-20, not the practice-hour minimum for teens. This answer applies a figure meant for adult first-time drivers to the under-18 supervised-practice rule sitting a few pages away.
D. 30 hours logged during driver ed.
The manual does not print a 30-hour supervised practice requirement for under-18 licensing. This answer reaches for a round number that sounds like a typical classroom driver ed load rather than the figure the statute actually sets.
This question tests your knowledge of Graduated Licensing in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Obtaining an Instruction Permit," p.16..
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