Maryland (MD) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
For Maryland (MD), intermediate minimum age is 16, 6 months; nighttime restriction is midnight-5 a.m; passenger restriction is no passengers younger than 18 secondary enforcement; night restriction lifted is age 18; passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 5 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 11 mos.), verified against its source on 2026-10-07.
- State
- MD verified
- State name
- Maryland our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15, 9 months verified
- Mandatory holding period (IIHS table)
- 9 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 60 hours, 10 of which must be at night verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16, 6 months verified
- Nighttime restriction
- midnight-5 a.m. verified
- Passenger restriction
- no passengers younger than 18 secondary enforcement
- Night restriction lifted
- age 18 verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 5 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 11 mos.) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 27: In Maryland, driver education is required regardless of applicant age. | Footnote 28: In Maryland, license applicants who are 19 years old (or 18 with a high school diploma) but younger than 25 must hold a learner's permit for three months before taking the road test. All applicants 25 and older must hold the permit for 45 days. | Footnote 29: In Maryland, 60 supervised driving hours are required for all applicants younger than 25. Applicants age 25 and older are requrired to drive for fourteen supervised hours. | Footnote 30: In Maryland, the night and passenger restrictions only apply to intermediate license holders younger than 18. our reading
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What the source says
State, Learner minimum age, Mandatory holding period (IIHS table), Supervised driving hours, Intermediate minimum age, Nighttime restriction, Passenger restriction, Night restriction lifted and Passenger restriction lifted
The source prints these values inside the passage below but does not name them there. The passage shows where each one appears; what ties them to this record is the position on the page, not anything the passage says.
MD | 15, 9 monthsFootnote 27 | 9 monthsFootnote 28 | 60 hours, 10 of which must be at nightFootnote 29 | 16, 6 months | midnight-5 a.m.Footnote 30 | no passengers younger than 18Footnote 30 secondary enforcement | age 18 | licensed for 5 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 11 mos.)
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-10-07
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table