Pennsylvania
What Pennsylvania asks of a teen driver before the first license, from the practice hours to the road test.
65hours
of supervised practice, including 10 at night
- Permit
- Junior Learner’s Permit
- License
- Junior Driver’s License
- Practice can start at
- 16 years old
Before the road test
- Six months on the permitThe junior permit is held six months before the road test.
- Minimum age16 years, 6 months
- Signed certificationBring form DL-180C and sign it in front of the examiner. It needs a notary only if the signing adult will not come along.
- Distracted-driving materialsPrint or view PennDOT’s online materials on distracted driving before the road test.
Where this comes from
- Get a learner’s permit
- Form DL-180C, Parent or Guardian Certification Form
- Pennsylvania Driver’s Manual
- 75 Pa.C.S. 1505 — learner’s permits
Moonroof checked these sources on October 9, 2026. Rules change, so check with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation before booking the road test.