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Nevada instruction permit holders must follow strict driving restrictions. The main rule is simple: you may practice driving only with a qualified supervisor in the front passenger seat. For the full permit overview, visit the Nevada learners permit guide.
You cannot drive alone with a Nevada instruction permit. A qualified licensed driver must sit in the front passenger seat every time you practice.
For the full rule on who can sit beside you, see the Nevada supervisor requirements guide.
Adults age 18 or older may choose to use a Nevada instruction permit for practice. If an adult practices under that permit, the same supervised-driving rule applies: no solo driving with the permit.
Your permit allows supervised practice on public roads. It does not give you full driving privileges.
Allowed with a qualified supervisor:
Not allowed:
Permit holders may have passengers only when the qualified supervisor is present and the drive remains safe. All passengers must use seat belts, and the permit holder is responsible for safe driving.
During the permit stage, the key passenger rule is supervision. After a teen gets a license, Nevada's separate teen-passenger restriction applies for the first licensing period. Do not treat the permit stage and licensed-teen stage as the same rule.
School, night and freeway practice are allowed only when the permit holder is properly supervised and follows Nevada's minor-driving limits.
Yes, but only with a qualified supervisor in the front passenger seat. A permit does not allow a student to drive to school alone.
Yes. Freeway practice is allowed with proper supervision. New drivers should build skill on lower-speed roads before practicing on busy highways.
Required night practice does not remove Nevada's minor curfew limits. Under-18 drivers should plan night practice legally, with supervision, and avoid the 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. period unless a permitted scheduled-event exception applies.
These common situations come up during supervised practice:
Nevada treats permit violations seriously. This section gives only the driving-rule overview; detailed traffic-ticket and DUI consequences belong in the dedicated violation pages.
| Issue | What It Means |
|---|---|
| Driving alone | A permit holder must stop driving unless a qualified supervisor is present. |
| Moving violation under 18 | Can delay licensing because Nevada requires a clean six-month period before the teen road test. |
| Handheld phone use by the driver | The learner driver must follow Nevada's handheld-device law while driving. |
| Alcohol under 21 | Under-21 alcohol rules can affect driving privileges; see the dedicated DUI/permit article for details. |
For deeper penalty detail, use the driving-alone penalty, permit traffic violations and DUI on a permit guides.
This page focuses on driving rules. For application paperwork, fees and practice-hour logs, use the dedicated guides instead of mixing those details into your driving-rule checklist.
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