Texas (TX) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules

For Texas (TX), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is midnight-5 a.m. secondary enforcement; passenger restriction is no more than 1 passenger younger than 21 secondary enforcement; night restriction lifted is age 18; passenger restriction lifted is age 18; exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 68: In Texas, people who are 15 or older but under 18 must satisfactorily complete and pass the classroom phase of an approved driver education course to be issued a permit. | Footnote 69: In Texas, the minimum license age is 18 for applicants who have not completed driver education, 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

TX | 15 Footnote 68 | 6 months | 30 hours, 10 of which must be at night | 16 Footnote 69 | midnight-5 a.m. secondary enforcement | no more than 1 passenger younger than 21 secondary enforcement | age 18 | age 18

— 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.