Ohio (OH) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules

For Ohio (OH), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is midnight-6 a.m. (first 12 months), 1 a.m.-5 a.m. (second 12 months) secondary enforcement; passenger restriction is first 12 months—no more than 1 passenger; night restriction lifted is licensed for 24 months (min. age: 18); passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 12 months (min. age: 17); exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 59: In Ohio, driver education is required of license applicants younger than 21. Additionally, they are required to have an affidavit signed by an eligible adult attesting that they have acquired at least fifty hours of actual driving experience, with at least ten of those hours being at night, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

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

OH | 15, 6 months | 6 months | 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night | 16 Footnote 59 | midnight-6 a.m. (first 12 months), 1 a.m.-5 a.m. (second 12 months) secondary enforcement | first 12 months—no more than 1 passenger | licensed for 24 months (min. age: 18) | licensed for 12 months (min. age: 17)

— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02

Source

• iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table

Last verified against source: 2026-09-15. Due for re-check by 2027-09-09. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.