Alabama Drivers Education
A new driver in the state of Alabama must obtain a Learners License (or drivers license depending upon your age) before you begin driving.
If you wish to drive a motorcycle, you can get your license at the age of 14.
If you wish to drive a vehicle (car, truck, etc) you are able to obtain a Learners’ License at the age of 15.
At the age of 16 you are able to get a Class D drivers license.
As always you can confirm any of this information with the Alabama Department of Public Safety.
Okay now you must have two (2) forms of identification to apply for a new drivers’ license.
They include the following but you must also know that if you cannot provide any type of photo identification you will need three (3) forms of identification.
* Birth Certificate (certified)
* Social Security Card
* Valid Passport
* Alabama Identification card
* Naturalization papers
Now that you have the identification you will also need:
* Proof of insurance for your vehicle (including motorcycle)
* If you are transferring your drivers license from another state, you should be prepared to present that drivers license along with your Social Security card and one additional form of identification (remember to see the list above)
* You will need to have $28.00 cash which you will bring to the Alabama Department of Safety ($5.00 testing fee as well as $23.00 licensing fee) (they are able to take a Debit or Check Card if you parents are along)
*If you are under the age of 19, you must provide a completed enrollment form or proof of graduation
Of course before you are able to take you drivers test you will need to get the State of Alabama’s Drivers Handbook. You can contact the Alabama Department of Safety for a copy.
The Drivers handbook will not only give you instructions on how to apply for your license it will also give you Alabama’s rules of the road.
As a teen drivers, you are also required to complete thirty (30) hours of driving time or to pass a drivers education course which must be state approved. You will need to provide verification forms to prove that you’ve met these requirements.
on July 22, 2008 on 5:40 pm
[...] Title: Alabama Drivers Education [...]
on July 11, 2009 on 8:14 pm
‘Hello,
My family just moved to the State of Massachusetts and I am trying to help our daughter convert her Alabama drivers license to a Massachusetts driver’s license! We have already been to the RVM in the State of Massachusetts and my daughter application to convert her license was denied; even though her driving record is good, we have proof of insurance and her drivers license in the State of Alabama is valid!
When I asked the RMV in Massachusetts why this was a problem they told me that we needed to convert our daughters out of state Drivers Education Certificate from the State of Alabama to a Massachusetts Driver’s Education Certificate and I am totally confused on what they are asking me to provide for them?
My daughter is 17 years old and has been driving for 11/2 years in the State of Alabma! Our daughter has already taken and passed her drivers education course at her local high school in the State of Alabama and she met and passed all of the requirements in the State of Alabama to obtain her learners permit and her drivers license! Plus, again we have always had her car insured and have proof of this, so I am just perplexed on what to provide them with and where to obtain what they need! Therefore, I need your help! I am trying to figure out how to locate the enclosed documentation for the State of Massachusetts RMV so that our daughter, Martha E. Powell 9/10/91 can have her Alabama drivers license converted to a Massachusetts drivers license.
Enclosed below is an exact description of what I have to provide for the State of Massachusetts in order for our daughter to convert her drivers license from the State of Alabama to the State of Massachusetts! Again, I am not sure at all what they asking me to provide them with – as in just a copy of her high school transcript or something else! Please help me! We just moved here, my daughter is a Senior in High School and to get a parking permit at Dartmouth High School by 8/11/2009 she has to have a current Massachusetts drivers license asap!
Application to Convert OUt of State Drivers Education Certificate in the State of Massachusettss:
“If your out-of-state certificate was not issued by a State Agency, you must provide documentation on state letterhead from the appropriate agency indicating that the certificate was issued bya recognized dirvers education program and listing the minium requirements for successful completion of that program.”
Can you please assist me and or direct me concerning exactly which document the RMV of the great State of Massachusetts is looking for so I can convert my daughter license?
Respectfully,
Gail G. Powell, Mother of Martha E. Powell
8 Barbara Court
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747
1-205-288-1049 -Cell
1-774-202-3052 – Home
email: gpowell1991@bellsouth.net