Restricted license — Kansas Permit Test
Restricted license on the Kansas permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A Kansas 15-year-old applicant for a restricted license must have completed 25 hours of supervised driving.
The hours are logged and sworn to. Guessing at the total on the affidavit is a false statement to the state.
15-year-old applicants must have completed 25 hours of supervised driving.
A Kansas 16-year-old applicant for a restricted license must have completed 50 hours of supervised driving with 10 of those at night.
Night driving is counted on its own. Fifty daylight hours does not meet it, because the dark is where a new driver struggles.
16-year-old applicants must have completed 50 hours of supervised driving with 10 at night
A Kansas 15-year-old applicant for a restricted license must have completed an approved driver's education course, which is not required for an applicant applying at 16.
The course is the price of starting a year early. Waiting until 16 removes it.
15-year-old applicants must have completed an approved Driver's Education course (not required if applying at age 16)
After age 16, once a Kansas restricted license has been held for 6 months, all age-related driving restrictions are removed.
The clock runs from when the restricted license was issued. Turning 17 is not what lifts the limits.
After age 16 and Restricted License has been held for 6 months then all age-related driving restrictions are removed.
On the test
How many hours of supervised driving must a Kansas 15-year-old applicant complete?
25 hours. The hours are logged and sworn to. Guessing at the total on the affidavit is a false statement to the state. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.12: “15-year-old applicants must have completed 25 hours of supervised driving.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Kansas Driving Handbook, published by the Kansas Department of Revenue, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pdf (Kansas Driving Handbook, Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles, AAMVA 09 Model Test Version (Revised February 2022), retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 0, folioMarker, nonLawPages and its uncovered mixed pages, the extraction flag scored on facts, and the page-offset basis)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovforms.html (the Division of Vehicles forms page the handbook is published from)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovgdl.html (the graduated driver licensing page the manual points to for ages and requirements)