In California, when a minors driver learners permit is valid, are they allowed to take passengers?
California has a two-step permit process. In the first phase, the provisional permit driver cannot drive at any time without a parent or guardian who has a valid California State driver’s license. In the highest phase, the minor’s “provisional license, a teen who has been driving less than a year, is not allowed to drive passengers under 20 years old (other than family members) without having a passenger of 25 years older. After six months, he can drive passengers under 20 years of age between the hours of 5 a.m. and midnight, but after midnight, the provisional driver must be accompanied by a driver 25 years or older if he will be transporting a passenger 20 years or younger. For the first six months of the provisional licesnce, one cannot drive between the hours of 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. unless accompanied by a driver 25 years or older, even without passengers. You cannot obtain a provisional or other license until you have had the permit for 6 mos. Once a provisional driver becomes 18, a
