Safety Education Study Guide 1 “Getting your permit”

Obtaining Your Driver’s License

An initial Learner's Permit is issued to any individual, 16 years of age or older, who has never been licensed to operate a vehicle, a new resident who has never been licensed, or a new resident who has been licensed in another state but whose driver's license has been expired longer than 6 months

Process:

Step 1: Get a Pennsylvania Drivers’ Manual.

Name two ways or places to get one

1. ______

2______

Step 2:

Complete the application (DL-180) that comes with the manual.

One time consuming part of this process requires you to schedule a ______with a ______.

Step 3: The day you go to get your permit you must take the following items to the licensing center.

1.  The completed application ( DL-180)

2.  The completed DL-180TD (parent permission form) This form must be completed by a parent, guardian, or spouse who is 18 years of age or older.

3. Proof of identity, which must include your actual ______and (list one of he other forms of ID)______

Proof of residency is not required if you are age 16 or 17.

*A check or money order payable to PennDOT for the appropriate fee. (Cash is not accepted.)

Step 4:

You will take two tests the day you go to get your permit . Name them. 1.______2.______

Once these tests have been passed a Learner's Permit will be issued. The Learner's Permit will be valid for a period of ______. If you are under age 18, a ______month waiting period and ______hours behind the wheel driving experience is required prior to taking the skills test.

______

True or False.

1.  With a permit you must have a licensed driver age 21 or over in the front passenger seat unless you are with your spouse .

2.  Similar to a Junior License one is not permitted to drive from 11:00PM until 5:00AM without a parent or guardian with a Permit.

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Act 81 of 2011 FACT SHEET

Changes Affecting Graduated Driver Licensing and Passenger Restraint Laws

In an effort to enhance safety on Pennsylvania road new rules in Act 81 of 2011 take effect on Dec. 27, 2011. The changes to the law were initiated to help junior drivers receive more comprehensive training, ease young driver distractions through limiting the number of passengers they may carry and improve general highway safety through improvements to passenger restraint laws.

Changes to Junior Driver Training

Act 81 increases supervised, behind-the-wheel skill building for learner’s permit holders under 18 years of age from 50 hours to 65 hours. Ten of the added hours will consist of nighttime driving, while the other five additional hours must be driven in poor weather conditions.

Learner’s permit holders who have taken their on the road driving skills test before the law’s effective date of Dec. 27, 2011 only need to complete the present requirement of 50 hours of supervised training. However, learner’s permit holders who have not passed the on the road driving skills test before Dec. 27, 2011 will have to meet the new requirement of 65 total hours of supervised skill building training – including the ten nighttime hours and five poor weather hours of driving - before they are authorized to take the driving skills portion of their driver’s test to receive their junior license.

Changes to Junior Driver Passenger Restrictions

As of Dec. 27, 2011, for the first six months after receiving their junior driver’s license, a driver is not permitted to have more than one passenger under age 18 who is not an immediate family member (brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister of the junior driver and adopted or foster children living in the same household as the junior driver) in their vehicle unless they are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. If they have not been convicted of a driving violation or been partially or fully responsible for a reportable crash after six months, they may have up to three passengers under age 18 who are not immediate family members without a parent or legal guardian present. If they have any convictions or are partially or fully responsible for a reportable crash while a junior driver, they are once again restricted to one passenger.

Changes to Seat Belt Requirements

Drivers and occupants in a vehicle who are under the age of 18 must wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt, and children under the age of eight must be securely fastened in a child restraint system. Failure to comply with the new law’s seat belt provisions is a primary offense, meaning that a driver can be pulled over and cited solely for that violation.