Wyoming Drivers Education
When you are 15 you may apply for a Wyoming Learner’s Permit which allows you to drive for a period of 1 year when accompanied by a driver who has been licensed for one year and is at least 18 years old. You need only hold your permit for 10 days before you are able to upgrade to a restricted driver’s license which must be approved by the Wyoming Highway Patrol. This license would allow you to drive between 5am and 8pm within a 50 mile range of your home at the direction of your parent or guardian. The reasons for approval would be:
- You must drive to school and the live more than 5 miles from the school.
- Your regular job is more than five 5 miles from your school.
- You need your license to work in your parent's business.
- Any other circumstances which the Highway Patrol finds is an extreme inconvenience.
If you are 16 years of age you may apply for a graduated driver's license provided you have held an instruction permit and have completed at least 50 hours of actual behind-the-wheel driving. A parent/legal guardian must certify that you have completed the behind-the-wheel driving time required.
To obtain a Wyoming license with full driving privileges you must be at least seventeen years of age; or are 16 ½ years old and have held a graduated driver’s license and completed/passed an approved driver’s education course.
Helpful documents:
A Parents Guide to Graduated Driver Licensing.pdf
Certification of Behind the Wheel Driving.pdf
Intermediate Permit Driving Exception Form.pdf
Graduated Driver License Newsletter.pdf
