Parents and guardians — Vermont Permit Test
Parents and guardians on the Vermont permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury for teenagers, and a parent or guardian has a critical role in shaping a young driver's habits.
The habits formed in the first year last, and the person watching them form is usually a parent.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury for teenagers.
Parents should make sure a teen gets plenty of supervised driving practice, even more than the required 40 hours, and should set a good example as a safe, responsible, law abiding driver.
Forty hours is a legal floor, and a teenager copies the driving they have spent years watching.
Assure your teen has plenty of chances to practice supervised driving, even more than the required 40 hours.
Family rules for keeping driving privileges should address the known risks: safety belt use, speeding, nighttime driving after 9pm, cell phones and other distractions, multiple teen passengers, drowsy driving and impaired driving.
The list is the risk factors in order, and a rule aimed at any of them is aimed at the real thing.
Nighttime driving (after 9pm)
As a parent or guardian you may suspend your child's provisional license by writing to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The permission a parent gave can be taken back, and the letter is how that is done.
As a parent or guardian, you may suspend your child’s provisional license by writing to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles
A recommendation from a Diversion or Reparative Board may result in a 30 day recall of a provisional license.
The board can reach the license directly, without a court and without a conviction.
A recommendation from a Diversion/Reparative Board may result in a 30 day recall
On the test
What is the leading cause of death and injury for teenagers?
Motor vehicle crashes on the road. The habits formed in the first year last, and the person watching them form is usually a parent. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.73: “Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury for teenagers.”
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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)