Teen licensing — Georgia Permit Test

Georgia’s Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act set up a graduated licensing program for teens aged 15 to 18, who move through it in three phases.

Each phase adds a freedom only after the last one has been driven without a violation.

In 1997 The Teenage and Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA) established a graduated driver's licensing program for teens ages 15 to 18 in Georgia. This means that teens progress through a licensing process in three phases.

Anyone younger than 18 has to show proof of school enrollment, or one of the other documents on Georgia’s list, before a license or an instructional permit will be issued.

The rule ties the license to staying in school, which is what the state gets out of the deal.

Anyone younger than 18 years of age must present one of the following in order to obtain a driver's license or instructional permit

An applicant under 18 must have a responsible adult present to sign the application and complete the Responsible Adult Affidavit, and that adult has to be at least eighteen years old.

Somebody has to stand behind a young driver, and Georgia asks them to put their name to it.

All applicants under 18 years of age must have a responsible adult present to sign the application and complete the Responsible Adult Affidavit. A responsible adult is a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older

Georgia lets you apply for a Class C instructional permit on reaching age 15 or at any time after.

Fifteen is where the graduated program starts, and everything after it is measured from there.

Upon reaching age 15, or anytime thereafter, you may apply for a Class C Instructional Permit (CP).

With a Georgia instructional permit you may drive a Class C vehicle only when a person at least 21 years old, licensed for that class, fit to control the car and sitting in the seat beside you is in the vehicle.

The supervising driver is there to catch the things a beginner has not learned to see yet.

Once issued a Class C Instructional Permit (CP), you may operate any Class C vehicle when accompanied by a person at least 21 years of age who is licensed to drive a Class C vehicle, who is fit and capable of exercising control over the vehicle, and who is occupying a seat beside the driver

A Georgia Class C instructional permit is valid for 2 years.

The clock is running from the day it is issued, whatever else is happening in your year.

Class C Instructional Permits (CP) are valid for 2 years.

You may apply for a Georgia Class D provisional license on reaching age 16, having held a valid instructional permit for one year and one day.

The extra day is there so the year has to be a whole year, not almost a year.

Upon reaching age 16 and after having held a valid instructional permit for one year and one day, you may apply for a Class D Provisional License by:

A Georgia driver education course approved for a Class D license is either 30 hours of classroom instruction or an equivalent online course.

The classroom part is where the law gets taught, and the car is where it gets practiced.

either 30 hours of classroom instruction OR completion of an equivalent online virtual course

Georgia also requires a cumulative total of at least 40 hours of other driving experience, at least 6 of them at night, before a Class D license is issued.

Night driving is a different job from daytime driving, so the hours are counted separately.

You must also have completed a cumulative total of at least 40 hours of other driving experience including at least 6 hours at night.

How many phases does Georgia’s graduated licensing program have?

Three phases. Each phase adds a freedom only after the last one has been driven without a violation. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.63: “In 1997 The Teenage and Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA) established a graduated driver's licensing program for teens ages 15 to 18 in Georgia. This means that teens progress through a licensing process in three phases.”