In Illinois, how do the 50 required hours of supervised practice for drivers under 18 relate to driver education?
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A.
Completing driver education replaces the 50-hour practice requirement.
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B.
The six behind-the-wheel hours from driver education count toward the 50.
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C.
The 50 hours are required in addition to driver education training. Correct
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D.
Completing driver education reduces the practice requirement to 44 hours.
The answer is "The 50 hours are required in addition to driver education training."
Illinois requires the 50 hours of supervised behind-the-wheel practice in addition to driver education training, so the six behind-the-wheel hours logged during the course don't count toward the practice log. Answer B is the trap because both requirements use "behind-the-wheel" language, and a reader who sees one shared pool of hours assumes the course time is credited toward the 50.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Completing driver education replaces the 50-hour practice requirement.
Driver education can exempt a high-school student from the state-administered road exam, but it does not replace the 50-hour supervised practice log. This answer extends the road-exam exemption in the Cooperative Driver Testing Program to the separate 50-hour practice-log requirement.
B. The six behind-the-wheel hours from driver education count toward the 50.
The 50 hours are required in addition to driver education training, so the course's six behind-the-wheel hours are logged separately and don't reduce the 50. This answer reads the shared "behind-the-wheel" phrasing in both requirements as one pool of hours logged toward a single total.
D. Completing driver education reduces the practice requirement to 44 hours.
The 50-hour requirement is a floor with no credit given for the course; nothing is subtracted from the log for finishing driver education. This answer subtracts the six driver-education BTW hours from the 50 as if the manual granted a discount for finishing the course.
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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