Wisconsin (WI) — 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 Wisconsin (WI), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is midnight-5 a.m; passenger restriction is no more than 1 passenger; night restriction lifted is licensed for 9 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 9 mos.); passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 9 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 9 mos.), verified against its source on 2026-09-15.
- State
- WI verified
- State name
- Wisconsin our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15 verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- midnight-5 a.m. verified
- Passenger restriction
- no more than 1 passenger verified
- Night restriction lifted
- licensed for 9 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 9 mos.) verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 9 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 9 mos.) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 80: In Wisconsin, enrollment in driver education is required for permit applicants younger than 18. During the learner’s stage, permit holders may carry three passengers if supervised by a driving instructor in a dual-control vehicle. Permit holders 16 and older may carry one passenger 25 or older who has been licensed at least two years. | Footnote 81: In Wisconsin, 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
WI | 15 Footnote 80 | 6 months Footnote 80 | 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night Footnote 80 | 16 Footnote 81 | midnight-5 a.m. | no more than 1 passenger | licensed for 9 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 9 mos.) | licensed for 9 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 9 mos.)
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table