Vermont (VT) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
For Vermont (VT), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is none; passenger restriction is first 3 months—no passengers without exception; second 3 months—no passengers secondary enforcement; night restriction lifted is none; passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.); exceptions and footnotes is Footnote 73: In Vermont, driver education is required for license applicants younger than 18, recorded from its source on 2026-10-07.
- State
- VT verified
- State name
- Vermont our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15 verified
- Mandatory holding period (IIHS table)
- 12 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 40 hours, 10 of which must be at night verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- none verified
- Passenger restriction
- first 3 months—no passengers without exception; second 3 months—no passengers secondary enforcement verified
- Night restriction lifted
- none verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos.) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 73: In Vermont, driver education is required for license applicants younger than 18. 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
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.
VT | 15 | 12 months | 40 hours, 10 of which must be at night | 16Footnote 73 | none | first 3 months—no passengers without exception; second 3 months—no passengers secondary enforcement | none | 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