Oregon (OR) — 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 Oregon (OR), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is midnight-5 a.m; passenger restriction is first 6 months–no passengers younger than 20; second 6 months–no more than 3 passengers younger than 20; night restriction lifted is licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17); passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17), verified against its source on 2026-09-15.
- State
- OR verified
- State name
- Oregon our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15 verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours (100 hours without driver education)
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- midnight-5 a.m. verified
- Passenger restriction
- first 6 months–no passengers younger than 20; second 6 months–no more than 3 passengers younger than 20 verified
- Night restriction lifted
- licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17) verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 62: In Oregon, driver education is required of license applicants younger than 18. However, it is waived for applicants who certify an additional 50 hours of supervised driving. The night and passenger restrictions do not apply to the holder of a provisional driver license who is 18 or 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
OR | 15 | 6 months | 50 hours Footnote 62 (100 hours without driver education) | 16 Footnote 62 | midnight-5 a.m. | first 6 months–no passengers younger than 20; second 6 months–no more than 3 passengers younger than 20 | licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17) | licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17)
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table