You have held your junior driver's license for two months. How many passengers under 18 who are not immediate family may ride with you when no qualifying adult is present?
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A.
None
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B.
Two
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C.
Three
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D.
One Correct
The answer is "One"
During the first six months on a junior license, no more than one passenger under 18 who is not an immediate family member may ride along without a qualifying adult in the vehicle. Learners who learned the rule as a flat three-passenger cap pick C, but that higher limit only takes effect after the first six months on a junior license.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. None
The first-six-months cap is one non-family passenger under 18, not zero. This answer echoes stricter graduated-license laws from other states that bar any under-18 passenger during the first phase and reads Pennsylvania's rule the same way.
B. Two
The rule allows one such passenger during the first six months, not two. This answer guesses two as a compromise cap when unsure whether the manual sets one or three, a figure common in other states' graduated-license rules.
C. Three
The three-passenger allowance only takes effect after the first six months on a junior license. This answer flattens the rule into a standing three-young-passenger allowance on the junior license and skips the six-month step-up printed in the manual paragraph.
This question tests your knowledge of Graduated Licensing in Pennsylvania. Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual, "Junior Driver's License Information," p.4..
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