Junior license restrictions — Vermont Permit Test
Junior license restrictions on the Vermont permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A Junior Driver's License is a provisional license. The Commissioner may take it away if your driving shows you are unsafe, and it also goes if your parent or guardian withdraws permission.
It was issued on somebody else's word. Either the state or that person can take the word back.
A Junior Driver’s License is considered a provisional license. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may take your license away if you show that you are an unsafe driver through your actions.
A Junior Driver's License holder cannot drive in the course of their employment for 1 year after it is issued, or until they turn 18, whichever comes first.
Delivery work puts a new driver in a hurry on unfamiliar streets, which is the worst mix there is.
you cannot operate a vehicle in the course of your employment for one (1) year following the issuance of the Junior Driver’s License. For example, an individual cannot act as a pizza delivery person (driver) until they have had their Junior Driver’s License for one (1) year, or until they reach the age of eighteen (18), whichever comes first.
A Junior Driver's License holder may not carry passengers for hire.
Carrying paying passengers is a job with its own pressures, and a junior driver has no margin for them.
While holding a Junior Driver’s License, an individual may not carry passengers for hire.
A person shall not use any portable electronic device while operating a motor vehicle. That covers reading and writing text messages, instant messages and emails on a phone, tablet or laptop.
A message read at 50 mph costs you the length of a football field with nobody watching the road.
A person shall not use any portable electronic device while operating a motor vehicle. This includes reading, and the manual composing or sending of electronic communications
On the test
What makes a Junior Driver's License a provisional license?
It can be taken back by the Commissioner or by a parent. It was issued on somebody else's word. Either the state or that person can take the word back. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.15: “A Junior Driver’s License is considered a provisional license. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may take your license away if you show that you are an unsafe driver through your actions.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, published by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pdf (2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, form VN-007, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 1, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)