Graduated Licensing
Permit, intermediate, and full license stages: restrictions and timelines.
Graduated Licensing rules in Illinois follow the federal framework with state-specific limits, distances, and exceptions. The practice questions below are drawn from the Illinois driver handbook, so they track the state's own rules.
Graduated Licensing questions, Illinois edition.
Each question links through to a full explanation, the rule it tests, and a citation back to the manual.
- How long must an Illinois driver age 15-17 hold an instruction permit before applying for a driver's license? →
- Before an Illinois driver under age 18 can obtain a driver's license, how much behind-the-wheel supervised practice does state law require? →
- At what time do Illinois GDL nighttime driving restrictions begin Sunday through Thursday? →
- An Illinois driver is in the first 12 months of the Initial Licensing Phase and has not yet turned 18. Apart from siblings, stepsiblings, children, and stepchildren, how many passengers under age 20 may they carry? →
- Who may serve as the supervising adult while an Illinois instruction permit holder practices driving on the road? →
- Illinois's GDL cellphone ban, including hands-free devices, applies to drivers under what age? →
- A 19-year-old Illinois first-time applicant who never completed a high school or commercial driver education program must first complete what? →
- In Illinois, how do the 50 required hours of supervised practice for drivers under 18 relate to driver education? →
- For a driver age 15-17, how long is an Illinois instruction permit valid from the date it is issued? →
- Under Illinois law, what must a driver age 16-17 present in order to be issued a driver's license? →
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