GDL intermediate license — Missouri Permit Test

You must hold an instruction permit for at least six months, counted as 182 days from the day after it is issued, before graduating to an intermediate license.

Six months of supervised driving is the point of the permit. The state counts it in days so there is nothing to argue about.

You must have an instruction permit for a minimum of six months (182 days) beginning the day after issuance.

Before an intermediate license you must complete 40 hours of driving instruction with a parent, stepparent, legal guardian, or certified trainer.

Forty hours is more than a few weekends. It is meant to cover weather, darkness and traffic you would otherwise meet alone.

You must have completed 40 hours of driving instruction with a parent, stepparent, legal guardian, or certified trainer

At least ten of the required 40 hours of driving instruction must be night driving.

Headlights change what you can see and how far. Ten hours makes sure the first night drive is not the night of the test.

The required 40 hours must include at least ten hours of nighttime driving.

Graduating from the permit also requires no alcohol-related convictions in the last 12 months and no traffic convictions in the last six months.

A clean record is part of the qualification, not a bonus. The two windows are different lengths on purpose.

This includes having no alcohol-related convictions in the last 12 months and no traffic convictions in the last six months.

An intermediate license applicant must pass the driving test.

The permit stage never tested you behind the wheel. This is where somebody finally rides along and grades it.

Pass the driving test.

For the first six months of an intermediate license you may not carry more than one passenger under 19 who is not immediate family.

One friend in the car is a conversation. Three is a room. The limit loosens once you have half a year of driving behind you.

During the first six months, you may not operate a motor vehicle with more than one passenger who is under the age of 19 and who is not a member of your immediate family*.

After the first six months an intermediate license holder may not carry more than three passengers under 19 who are not immediate family.

The cap moves from one to three, and stops there. A carload of teenagers is still the hardest thing a new driver can do.

After the first six months, you may not operate a motor vehicle with more than three passengers who are under 19 years of age and who are not members of your immediate family*.

An intermediate license holder may not drive alone between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., except to or from a school activity, a job, or an emergency, or when a licensed driver 21 or older is along.

Those four hours are the worst on the road for a new driver. The exceptions cover the reasons a teenager genuinely has to be out.

You may not drive alone between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. except to and from a school activity, job, or an emergency, unless accompanied by a licensed driver 21 years of age or older.

Seat belts must be worn by the driver and all passengers in a vehicle driven on an intermediate license.

The belt rule stays wider than the ordinary one right through the intermediate stage, back seats included.

Seat belts must be worn by the driver and all passengers.

Immediate family, for the intermediate license passenger limits, includes parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, stepbrothers, stepsisters, and adopted or foster children living in the driver's household.

The exception is about the people you already share a house with, not about friends who feel like family.

Immediate family shall include parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, stepbrothers, stepsisters, and adopted or foster children residing in the driver’s household.

Your driver examination record alone is not legal for driving, so carry the intermediate license itself.

The record proves you passed. Only the license proves you are allowed to drive today.

Your driver examination record alone is not legal for driving. Be sure to carry your intermediate license with you.

How long must a Missouri instruction permit be held before an intermediate license?

182 days. Six months of supervised driving is the point of the permit. The state counts it in days so there is nothing to argue about. Missouri Driver Guide, p.16: “You must have an instruction permit for a minimum of six months (182 days) beginning the day after issuance.”