Mississippi Graduated Driver Licensing

The GDL is intended for aspiring drivers 15 to 16 years old.

To obtain a Learner’s license:

Must be at least 15 years old Pass a written and vision exam Social Security card Proof of identity, age, and residence Proof of enrollment in or graduation from school Application signed by parent or legal guardian Pay $4 fee

To obtain an Intermediate license:

Must be 15 ? years old Pass a written and vision exam Must hold a Learner’s license for at least 6 months Same documentation as for a Learner’s license Pay $6 fee

To obtain an unrestricted license:

Must be 16 years old Must hold an Intermediate license for at least 6 months Must have clean record Must provide same documentation as required above Must provide proof of enrollment in or graduation from school Teens 17 years old must have held a permit but Intermediate license is not required

Mississippi Teen Driver Restrictions

Intermediate license holders may not drive unsupervised from 10 pm to 6 am unless accompanied by a licensed driver at least 21 years or older. The supervising driver must remain in the front passenger seat at all times.

What is Mississippi Graduated Driver Licensing?

What is Mississippi GDL? Mississippi Graduated Driver Licensing is a system for phasing in on-road driving, allowing beginners to get their initial experience under conditions that involve lower risk and introducing them in stages to more complex driving situations.

Take some time to watch the Young Drivers video here. See if your teen likes this video. If they do, they will love our Mississippi graduated driver licensing program.

We begin with combining the in-class with the behind-the-wheel training process concurrent with one another. Then we add more hours behind-the-wheel to give the new drivers an opportunity to experience all four seasons and weather conditions under a controlled risk factor. We take away the 6 hour driver training clock and base achievement and graduation on performance, skill and experience.

Remember when we were trying to teach our new teenagers as if we were traveling on a two-lane dirt road at 35 MPH, when our average traveled speed in Mississippi exceeds 55 MPH on a six-lane highway? Most families had a single vehicle in the fifties and sixties, and then to two vehicles in the seventies. The days of driving on weekends with mom and dad for the first year or two is over. In today’s hectic schedules, we are not allowing ourselves time to protect our Mississippi teens and teach them to drive as we should be. Parents need to realize that as the times change we must keep pace with that change.

Our driving generation, 35 to 50 years old, will be remembered as the worse driving generation in the history of the vehicle. We average 40,000 fatalities per year. Our generation needs to change the way we think and teach Mississippi graduated driver licensing.

If you look closely, you'll realize we spend about 12 years on basic education, reading writing, math, history and physical education…and only 6 hours behind the wheel training in a vehicle.

We need to be remembered as the generation that created the best Mississippi drivers in history. The generation that did something about the way we think and teach driver training. We need help from every mom and dad to complete this goal. We need to invest our time in our teenagers and take the time needed to teach our children to drive better.

This could mean as much as 1 or two years of guidance. And to do this you will need the very best Mississippi curriculum and training videos available. You will need to allow Mississippi graduated driver licensing to become part of your families dinner conversation and sharing experiences on new intersections, changes on the interstate on ramps or maybe a lost of a fellow student friend.

Mississippi Driver education and training is no longer a project to hire out to the local driving school. Parents need to get involved and stay involved for at least two or three years. Placing driving restrictions and hours on when a new driver is allowed to drive and with whom. This, in essence, is Mississippi Graduated Driver Licensing.