Georgia (GA) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
For Georgia (GA), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is midnight-5 a.m. secondary enforcement; passenger restriction is first 6 months—no passengers; second 6 months—no more than 1 passenger younger than 21; thereafter, no more than 3 passengers secondary enforcement; night restriction lifted is age 18; passenger restriction lifted is age 18; exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 12: In Georgia, license applicants younger than 18 must have completed driver education, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02; source re-checked 2026-09-15.
- State
- GA verified
- State name
- Georgia our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15 verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 12 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 40 hours, 6 of which must be at night verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- midnight-5 a.m. secondary enforcement verified
- Passenger restriction
- first 6 months—no passengers; second 6 months—no more than 1 passenger younger than 21; thereafter, no more than 3 passengers secondary enforcement verified
- Night restriction lifted
- age 18 verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- age 18 verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 12: In Georgia, license applicants younger than 18 must have completed driver education. our reading
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What the source says
GA | 15 | 12 months | 40 hours, 6 of which must be at night | 16 Footnote 12 | midnight-5 a.m. secondary enforcement | first 6 months—no passengers; second 6 months—no more than 1 passenger younger than 21; thereafter, no more than 3 passengers secondary enforcement | age 18 | age 18
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table