At what time do Illinois GDL nighttime driving restrictions begin Sunday through Thursday?
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A.
At 9 p.m.
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B.
At 10 p.m. Correct
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C.
At 11 p.m.
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D.
At midnight.
The answer is "At 10 p.m."
The Sunday-through-Thursday nighttime restriction begins at 10 p.m. and lifts at 6 a.m. The 11 p.m. option is the trap: 11 p.m. is when the Friday and Saturday restriction starts, and readers who remember only the weekend number carry it over to weekdays.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. At 9 p.m.
Nine p.m. is earlier than the manual's start time; the Sunday-Thursday restriction does not begin until 10 p.m. This answer assumes the restriction starts earlier for teens, an assumption borrowed from stricter local youth curfews rather than the GDL rule.
C. At 11 p.m.
Eleven p.m. is the Friday and Saturday start time, not the weekday start. This answer applies the weekend start hour to weekdays, a slip common to readers who memorize one number from the pair.
D. At midnight.
The restriction begins well before midnight; midnight is not printed as a start time in the GDL rule. This answer defaults to 'late night' meaning midnight, a guess from a reader who never held a curfewed license.
This question tests your knowledge of Graduated Licensing in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Graduated Driver Licensing Program," p.18..
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