New York Provisional License
New York Provisional License After you’ve held your NY learner’s permit for at least 6 months, you’re ready to get your junior driver’s license. Make sure you’ve completed your required 50 hours of supervised driving, including 15 hours at night.
To apply, make an appointment for your road test at your local DMV road testing location. Be sure to bring:
- Your learner’s permit.
- Any of the following documents showing proof of driver education completion:
―Driver’s Education Certificate (Form MV-285).
―A pre-licensing course certificate (Form MV-278). - A Certification of Supervised Driving (Form MV-262) completed by your parent/guardian, certifying that you completed your 50 hours of supervised driving.
- The registration and proof of insurance for the vehicle you’re testing in.
- Payment for any applicable fees.
NY Junior Driver’s License Driving Restrictions While you have your provisional license, you will need to follow certain restrictions depending on where you will be driving:
If you break any of these rules or are convicted of any other traffic violation, your junior license will be suspended for 60 days. If you are convicted of another violation within 6 months of reinstating your driving privileges, the NY DMV will revoke your license for 60 days.
There are other restrictions you may need to follow depending on which areas in New York you will be driving. Visit the NY DMV website for more information.
You will receive your full driver's license once you turn 18 years old. If you've taken Driver's Ed, you are eligible for your full driver's license when you are 17 years old.
Upstate New York junior driver license restrictions DAYTIME DRIVING (5 AM to 9 PM)
If you have a junior license (Class DJ, MJ or DJ/MJ), you may drive in upstate New York
- without a supervising driver between the hours of 5 AM and 9 PM
- there be no more than one passenger under age 21 unless the passengers are members of your immediate family. You can have more than one passenger under age 21 only if your supervising driver is your licensed parent, guardian, person in a position of "in loco parentis," driver education teacher or driving school instructor
- every passenger wear a seat belt, one seat belt per person
- all children under age four ride in federally-approved child safety seat
- if the child is more than 40 pounds in weight, they must use a proper child restraint system such as a booster seat
- until their 8th birthday, children must use a proper child restraint system
- children more than four feet nine inches tall are allowed to use a seat belt and shoulder harness.
Between the hours of 9 PM and 5 AM, you may drive without a supervising driver only directly between your home and
In any circumstance other than those described above, you may drive between the hours of 9 PM and 5 AM only under the direct supervision of your
- parent
- guardian 3
- a person "in loco parentis" 4
- driver education teacher or a driving school instructor
- the person who supervises your driving be at least age 21 and have a license valid for the vehicle you are driving
- the only passenger in the front seat be your supervising driver
- there be no more than one passenger under age 21 unless the passengers are members of your immediate family. You can have more than one passenger under age 21 only if your supervising driver is your licensed parent, guardian, person in a position of "in loco parentis," driver education teacher or driving school instructor
- every passenger wear a seat belt, one seat belt per person
- all children under age four ride in federally-approved child safety seat
- if the child is more than 40 pounds in weight, they must use a proper child restraint system such as a booster seat
- until their 8th birthday, children must use a proper child restraint system
- children more than four feet nine inches tall are allowed to use a seat belt and shoulder harness
Junior permit holders who consistently drive in New York City should delay their road test until their 18th birthday to allow for continued practice driving with approved supervising drivers in vehicles with dual controls (dual brakes).
This prohibition does not apply to 17 year old drivers who have completed a State Education Department approved Driver and Traffic Safety Education Course (and submitted to DMV their MV-285 Driver Education Course Completion Certificate) and received their Class D, adult license. With a Class D license, a 17 year old may drive unrestricted anywhere in New York State
Long Island junior driver license restrictions Except in certain circumstances (listed below), if you have a junior license (Class DJ, MJ or DJ/MJ) you can drive in Nassau and Suffolk counties only under the direct supervision of your
- parent
- guardian 1
- a person "in loco parentis" 2
- person authorized by your parent, guardian or person in a position of "in loco parentis" to be your supervising driver in writing
- driver education teacher or a driving school instructor
It is also required that
- the person who supervises your driving be at least age 21 and have a license valid for the vehicle you are driving
- the only passenger in the front seat be your supervising driver
- there be no more than one passenger under age 21 unless the passengers are members of your immediate family. You can have more than one passenger under age 21 only if your supervising driver is your licensed parent, guardian, person in a position of "in loco parentis," driver education teacher or driving school instructor
- every passenger wear a seat belt (one seat belt per person)
- all children under age four ride in federally-approved child safety seat
- if the child is more than 40 pounds in weight, they must use a proper child restraint system such as a booster seat
- until their 8th birthday, children must use a proper child restraint system
- children more than four feet nine inches tall are allowed to use a seat belt and shoulder harness
Daytime exceptions (5 AM to 9 PM)
If you have a junior license (Class DJ, MJ or DJ/MJ), you may drive in Nassau and Suffolk counties between the hours of 5 AM and 9 PM without a supervising driver only directly between your home and
- your employment (you must carry appropriate proof of employment) 3
- a state-approved cooperative work-study educational program
- an approved program for credit in a post-secondary institution
- a state-approved registered evening high school
- while engaged in farm employment
- an approved driver education course
Between the hours of 9 PM and 5 AM, you may drive in Nassau and Suffolk counties without a supervising driver only directly between your home and
- a state-approved cooperative work-study educational program
- an approved program for credit in a post-secondary institution
- a state-approved registered evening high school
- while engaged in farm employment
- an approved driver education course