Michigan (MI) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
For Michigan (MI), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is 10 p.m.-5 a.m; passenger restriction is no more than 1 passenger younger than 21; night restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months and age 17 or age 18 (min. age 17); passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months and age 17 or age 18 (min. age 17), verified against its source on 2026-10-07.
- State
- MI verified
- State name
- Michigan our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 14, 9 months verified
- Mandatory holding period (IIHS table)
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16
- Nighttime restriction
- 10 p.m.-5 a.m. verified
- Passenger restriction
- no more than 1 passenger younger than 21 verified
- Night restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months and age 17 or age 18 (min. age 17) verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months and age 17 or age 18 (min. age 17) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 34: In Michigan, permit applicants younger than 18 must have completed the first segment of driver education. | Footnote 35: In Michigan, license applicants younger than 18 must have completed the second segment of driver education. Neither driver education nor an intermediate license is required for license applicants 18 and older. 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
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.
MI | 14, 9 monthsFootnote 34 | 6 months | 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night | 16Footnote 35 | 10 p.m.-5 a.m. | no more than 1 passenger younger than 21 | licensed for 6 months and age 17 or age 18 (min. age 17) | licensed for 6 months and age 17 or age 18 (min. age 17)
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-10-07
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table