Colorado driving lesson · Getting Your Colorado License
Minor drivers: permits, logs & GDL limits
A 3-minute lesson from the Colorado course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
If you're under 18, Colorado phases in your driving privileges. An adult must accept legal responsibility for you, you must log practice hours, and your first year of licensed driving comes with passenger limits and a curfew.
Know the rule
Under 18, your application needs an Affidavit of Liability (DR2460), signed in front of a driver license office employee or a notary public.
The signer takes legal responsibility for your driving. If they withdraw their signature, your permit/license is canceled. Minors in foster care are exempt if certain conditions are met.
If no approved school within 30 miles offers at least 20 hours of behind-the-wheel training per week, 12 extra hours with your parent/guardian/alternate supervisor may replace the 6 hours.
If you live more than 30 miles from the nearest commercial driving school, bring a printed map of the route from home to that school to the license office.
You're 17 and got your license 8 months ago. You may drive one friend under 21 to practice at 7 p.m. But driving home from a party at 12:30 a.m. breaks the curfew, since you're still in your first year.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
How long must a Colorado minor hold an instruction permit before applying for a driver license?
6 months
18 months
9 months
12 months
Answer: 12 months
Colorado law requires minors to hold an instruction permit for 12 months before applying for a driver license.
If no driving school within 30 miles offers at least 20 hours of behind-the-wheel training per week, how many additional hours with a parent/guardian may substitute for the required instructor training?
6 additional hours
24 additional hours
12 additional hours
20 additional hours
Answer: 12 additional hours
12 additional hours of driving with a parent, guardian, or alternate supervisor may substitute for the 6 hours of instructor training in that case.
During a minor's first year of licensure, driving is restricted between which hours unless accompanied by an instructor, parent, or guardian?
Midnight and 6 a.m.
11 p.m. and 4 a.m.
10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Midnight and 5 a.m.
Answer: Midnight and 5 a.m.
For the first year as a licensed driver, driving between midnight and 5 a.m. is not allowed unless accompanied by an instructor, parent, or legal guardian.