40 hours of supervised driving
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Beyond driver education, how many hours of supervised driving must a junior operator applicant log?
The rule
Junior operator applicants must log at least 40 hours of supervised driving, certified by a parent or guardian (30 with a driver skills program), and a parent or guardian must take a two-hour class unless they did within five years.
You must log at least 40 hours of supervised driving, certified by a parent or guardian.
From the Massachusetts Driver's Manual, page 10. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the RMV have the final word.
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