JOL: no passengers under 18 for six months
A free practice question for the Massachusetts permit test, with the answer explained.
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For your first six months with a JOL, which passengers may ride with you only if a qualified adult comes too?
The rule
For the first six months with a JOL, you may not drive with passengers under 18 (other than immediate family) unless a licensed driver at least 21, with a year of experience, sits beside you. It ends after six months or at 18.
For six months, a junior operator may not carry passengers under 18, other than immediate family, unless a licensed driver 21 or older sits beside them.
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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