Rhode Island (RI) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
16, 6 months
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 Rhode Island (RI), intermediate minimum age is 16, 6 months; nighttime restriction is 1 a.m.-5 a.m; passenger restriction is no more than 1 passenger younger than 21; night restriction lifted is licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17, 6 mos.); passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17, 6 mos.), verified against its source on 2026-09-15.
- State
- RI verified
- State name
- Rhode Island our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 16 verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16, 6 months verified
- Nighttime restriction
- 1 a.m.-5 a.m. verified
- Passenger restriction
- no more than 1 passenger younger than 21 verified
- Night restriction lifted
- licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17, 6 mos.) verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17, 6 mos.) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 63: In Rhode Island, driver education is required of permit applicants younger than 18. | Footnote 64: In Rhode Island, driver education is required of license applicants younger than 18. Parents or guardians of applicants who are younger than 18 are required to attend a course of instruction on the content of the driver education curriculum and the requirements of graduated licensing. Anyone 18 years of age or older must hold an adult learner’s permit for thirty days before obtaining a driver's license. 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
RI | 16 Footnote 63 | 6 months | 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night | 16, 6 months Footnote 64 | 1 a.m.-5 a.m. | no more than 1 passenger younger than 21 | licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17, 6 mos.) | licensed for 12 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17, 6 mos.)
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table