Tennessee Drivers License Requirements

There are merely four steps in the State of Tennessee in obtaining a drivers license. Well, I should say to become what is called a “full, unrestricted driver”.

1. Age age 15 you must pass a written test as well as an eye (vision) exam. You will then have your “permit” for 180 days. You can only drive a vehicle when a person (a full, unrestricted driver) that is 21 years or older is with you. You can only drive between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. You must, as well as everyone in the vehicle with you, always wear a seat belt.

2. After you have completed step 1 and have not had any driving offenses totaling up to 6 points and you are at least 16 years of age, you must pass a driving test. You must also have completed successfully 50 hours of driving including 10 hours at night. You must have proof of the 50 hours of driving from a parent or a licensed driving instructor. Again, you, and everyone else in the vehicle, must always wear a seat belt. You then have an Intermediate Restricted License.

3. At age 17 you may obtain an Intermediate Unrestricted Drivers License. The way you able to get this license is by having your Intermediate Restricted License for one year. You have not accumulated more than 6 points on your driving record. You cannot have had any accidents where you have been at fault. You cannot have any seat belt offense violations and again all drivers and passengers in the vehicle must always have proper restraints.

4. At age 18, or when your graduate from high school whichever happens first, you may be issued a Regular Drivers License. Your license will still bear the “Under 21” designation.

Helpful documents:

• Graduated Driver License Guide Brochure (August 2005)

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Samples of New Graduated Driver License Documents

• Download Certificate of 50 hours Behind the Wheel Driving Experience (File size: 50 KB)

• Chapter Two, Driver License Handbook: Applying for your License (File size: 38 KB)

Teens and Driving for Work – Texas

OUTSIDE HELPER

No employee under 18 years may serve as an outside helper on a motor vehicle. An outside helper is any individual, other than a driver, whose work includes riding on a motor vehicle outside the cab for the purpose of assisting in transporting or delivering goods.

DRIVING – Under 17-Years of Age

No employee under 17 years of age may drive a motor vehicle on public roads as part of his or her job if that employment is subject to the FLSA.

DRIVING – 17 Years of Age

Seventeen-year-olds may drive on public roadways as part of their employment, but ONLY if all of the following requirements are met:
The driving is limited to daylight hours;
The 17-year-old holds a state license valid for the type of driving involved in the job performed;

The 17-year-old has successfully completed a state approved driver education course and has no record of any moving violations at the time of hire;
The automobile or truck does not exceed 6,000 pounds gross vehicle weight;

The automobile or truck is equipped with a seat belt for the driver and any passengers and the employer has instructed the youth that the seat belts must be used when driving the vehicle; and

The driving is only occasional and incidental to the 17-year-old’s employment. This means that the youth may spend no more than one-third of his or her workday and no more than 20 percent of his or her work time in any workweek driving.

In addition, the driving may NOT involve:

Towing vehicles;

Any other vehicle than an automobile or truck (i.e. bus, motorcycle, ATVs, golf cart);

Route deliveries or route sales;

Transportation for hire of property; goods, or passengers;

Urgent, time-sensitive deliveries; Urgent, time sensitive deliveries are trips which, because of such factors as customers satisfaction, the rapid deterioration of the quality or change in temperature of the product, and/or economic incentives, are subject to time-lines, schedules, and/or turn-around times which might impel the driver to hurry in the completion of the delivery. Prohibited trips would include, but are not limited to, the delivery of pizzas and prepared foods to the customer; the delivery of materials under a deadline (such as deposits to a bank at closing); and the shuttling of passengers to and from transportation depots to meet transport schedules. Urgent, time-sensitive deliveries would not depend on the delivery’s points of origin and termination, and would include the delivery of people and things to the employer’s place of business as well as from that business to some other location.

Transporting more than three passengers, including employees of the employer;

Driving beyond a 30 mile radius from the youth’s place of employment;

More than two trips away from the primary place of employment in any single day to deliver the employer’s goods to a customer (other than urgent, time-sensitive deliveries which are prohibited);

More than two trips away from the primary place of employment in any single day to transport passengers, other than employees of the employer.

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