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Teen Drivers
This fully narrated supplemental drivers ed program will help will provide first-time drivers a comprehensive understanding of rules of the road, state laws, driving techniques and much more. Although this course does not satisfy your New Jersey drivers education requirements, this course is a great way for a first-time driver to get prepared for their upcoming learner's permit test.
This course includes six hours of full driver ed training giving the student a full multimedia learning experience. The student will have access to eight of the premier driver education videos and, finally, the student will test his or her knowledge with three permit practice tests. Once completed, the student will be ready to pass his or her test with flying colors.
Like almost all states, New Jersey employs a graduated driver licensing (GDL) program for drivers under 21 to ease them into the responsibilities of driving. The idea behind the program is to ensure that new drivers gain plenty of experience at each level before moving on to more difficult and dangerous driving situations.
The Graduated Driver Licensing Program
New Jersey's GDL program has three phases:
A New Jersey resident who is 16 years of age (but less than 17) may enroll in a behind-the-wheel driver education course with a high school or commercial driving school in order to obtain a student learner's permit.
When a student is at least 17, has successfully completed the student learner's permit stage, and has a minimum of six months of supervised driving experience, they may obtain a provisional license.
After you've held a provisional license for one year and you've turned 18, you may receive a basic driver license after passing the road test. A this point, you're a full-fledged driver.
Note that while you may begin the licensing process by enrolling in a driver education course as early as 16, if you wait until you're 17 you may skip driver education and instead apply for an examination permit by passing the knowledge exam. This permit lets you drive under supervision just like a student learner's permit does, and it costs the same.
The Application Process
Student Learner's Permit
To get your student learner's permit if you're 16 or older and enrolled in a driver education course, your instructor will visit a Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) Agency with the following:
- Your completed application.
- Proof of your age, identification, address, and Social Security number.
- Your parent or guardian's signature on the application, indicating that he or she has received a copy of the parent handbook.
- A $10 fee.
Your instructor will keep the permit you are issued.
You will be given a driver manual that contains the driving rules and regulations you need to study as you prepare for the written knowledge test. After studying the manual, you should visit any Driver Testing Center to take the vision and knowledge tests, or to submit the high-school knowledge test waiver. You must also present your permit at this time, and keep your identification handy all through the testing and processing phase.
With your student learner's permit you will be allowed to complete the behind-the-wheel portion of your driver education course. Then you or your instructor will go back to the Driver Testing Center to have the permit validated for at least six months of supervised practice driving with a parent, guardian, or other qualified licensed adult in the passenger seat.
Provisional License
You must be at least 17, successfully complete the student learner's permit stage, and have a minimum of six months of supervised driving experience. At this point, you're ready to take the road test. You'll need to first schedule an appointment online.
Then, appear as scheduled at a Road Test Facility with the following:
- A New Jersey licensed driver who has at least three years of driving experience and a valid license.
- A registered, inspected, and insured vehicle with the relevant documentation.
- Your validated GDL driver examination permit.
If you pass the road test, take your permit, validation printout, and road-test slip from the examiner to any MVC Agency to get your one-year GDL provisional license. The fee will be prorated and will not exceed $24.
If you fail the road test, you will have to wait at least two weeks before taking it again. It can be rescheduled in person at any Road Test Facility, if the center can verify your test results. If you fail four times, you might have to wait a year before being retested.
The provisional license allows you to drive without supervision between 5 a.m. and midnight.
Basic Driver License
To receive your basic unrestricted driver license, you must:
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Fill all the requirements of the GDL student learner's permit.
- Pass the road test.
- Have at least one year of driving experience with a valid permit.
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