Louisiana (LA) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
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The earliest age your teen may drive without an adult in the car — the intermediate (provisional) licence age. Night-time and passenger limits still apply until the points shown below. From the IIHS graduated-licensing table row quoted on the record page.
For Louisiana (LA), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is 11 p.m. - 5 a.m; passenger restriction is no more than one passenger younger than 21 between the hours of 6 pm-5 am; no passenger restriction from 5 am-6 pm; night restriction lifted is age 17; passenger restriction lifted is age 17; exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 25: In Louisiana, all driver’s license applicants must complete a driver education course, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02; source re-checked 2026-09-15.
- State
- LA verified
- State name
- Louisiana our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15 verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours, 15 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 one passenger younger than 21 between the hours of 6 pm-5 am; no passenger restriction from 5 am-6 pm verified
- Night restriction lifted
- age 17 verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- age 17 verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 25: In Louisiana, all driver’s license applicants must complete a driver education course. 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
LA | 15 | 6 months | 50 hours, 15 of which must be at night | 16 Footnote 25 | 11 p.m. - 5 a.m. | no more than one passenger younger than 21 between the hours of 6 pm-5 am; no passenger restriction from 5 am-6 pm | age 17 | age 17
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table