Utah (UT) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
For Utah (UT), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is midnight-5 a.m; passenger restriction is no passengers secondary enforcement; night restriction lifted is age 17; passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.), verified against its source on 2026-10-07.
- State
- UT verified
- State name
- Utah our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15
- Mandatory holding period (IIHS table)
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 40 hours, 10 of which must be at night verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- midnight-5 a.m. verified
- Passenger restriction
- no passengers secondary enforcement verified
- Night restriction lifted
- age 17 verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 70: In Utah, permit holders younger than 18 may only drive under the supervision of a driving instructor, parent, step-parent, foster parent, legal guardian or a responsible adult who has accepted liability for the permit holder's driving by signing the permit application. Permit applicants younger than 19 must be enrolled in driver education. | Footnote 71: In Utah, supervised driving in the learner stage may include up to five hours in a driving simulator. | Footnote 72: In Utah, license applicants who are younger than 19 must have completed driver education. our reading
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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.
UT | 15Footnote 70 | 6 months | 40 hours, 10 of which must be at nightFootnote 70,Footnote 71 | 16Footnote 72 | midnight-5 a.m. | no passengers secondary enforcement | age 17 | licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.)
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-10-07
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table