Hawaii (HI) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
For Hawaii (HI), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is 11 p.m.-5 a.m; passenger restriction is no more than 1 passenger younger than 18 (household members excepted); night restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months and age 17 (min. age: 17); passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months and age 17 (min. age: 17); exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 13: In Hawaii, 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
- HI verified
- State name
- Hawaii our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15, 6 months verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- 11 p.m.-5 a.m. verified
- Passenger restriction
- no more than 1 passenger younger than 18 (household members excepted) verified
- Night restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months and age 17 (min. age: 17) verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months and age 17 (min. age: 17) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 13: In Hawaii, license applicants younger than 18 must have completed driver education. our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
HI | 15, 6 months | 6 months | 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night | 16 Footnote 13 | 11 p.m.-5 a.m. | no more than 1 passenger younger than 18 (household members excepted) | licensed for 6 months and age 17 (min. age: 17) | licensed for 6 months and age 17 (min. age: 17)
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table