School Learner’s Permit (LPE) – An LPE is issued for the purpose of allowing a student to legally practice driving for a School Permit. Individuals applying for an LPE must be eligible for a School Permit and meet all School Permit criteria. Individuals must be at least 14, but younger than 16 years to apply for an LPE. The LPE is valid for three months and may be renewed. LPE holders must be accompanied by a licensed driver who is at least 21 years old. Applicant must pass the vision and written tests prior to the LPE being issued.
School Permit (SCP) – An SCP can be issued if such person lives a distance of one and one-half miles or more from the school he or she attends and either resides outside a city of 5,000 or more or attends a school outside a city of 5,000 or more. A person holding an SCP may operate a motor vehicle: 1) unsupervised to and from where he or she attends school and between schools of enrollment over the most direct and accessible route by the nearest highway from his or her place of residence to transport such person or any family member who resides with such person to attend duly scheduled courses of instructions and extracurricular or school-related activities at the school he or she attends; or 2) any time when accompanied by a licensed driver who is at least 21 years old.
Applicants must hold an LPE or LPD for at least two months before they can apply for an SCP. They must also be at least 14 years and two months old, but younger than 16 years and three months of age to be issued an SCP. The SCP expires when the individual is 16 years and three months of age.
Before individuals can apply for a SCP they must do one of the following: 1) complete a DMV approved driver safety course and pass a written and driving test given by the driver safety course instructor, or 2) present to the Driver Licensing Staff a 50 Hour Certification form signed by a parent, guardian or licensed driver who is at least 21 years old. The 50 Hour Certification form must be obtained from the DMV.
The written and drive test may be waived if the applicant presents a Written and Drive Test Waiver form to the Driver’s Licensing Staff. This waiver form will be given to the student by the instructor upon successful completion of the DMV approved driver safety course.
If an individual presents the 50 Hour Certification form and has been isued an LPE or LPD that is valid or expired no more than one year the written test may be waived. They will be required to pass a drive test administered by Driver Licensing Staff before the SCP will be issued.
Learner's Permits (LPD) - Individual may apply and take the written test 60 days prior to their 15th birthday. However, the LPD cannot be issued until the individual turns 15. LPD holders must be accompanied by a licensed driver who is at least 21 years old. The applicant must pass the vision and written tests prior to the LPD being issued. The written test may be waived for any person who has been issued an LPE, SCP or previous LPD that is valid or has been expired for no more than one year. The LPD is valid for one year and may be renewed.
Provisional Operator's Permit (POP) - Individual may apply and take the tests 60 days prior to their 16th birthday. However, the POP cannot be issued until the individual turns 16, has held an LPE, LPD or SCP for at least six months and has not accumulated three or more points on their driving record during the six month period immediately preceding the POP application date. The POP expires on the applicant's 18th birthday. The POP allows an individual to operate a motor vehicle unsupervised in Nebraska from 6 a.m. - 12 midnight. Individuals may drive unsupervised between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. if they are driving to or from home to work or a school activity. Individuals may drive anytime if they are accompanied by a parent, guardian or licensed driver who is at least 21 years old. During the first six months of the POP, the holder can only operate a motor vehicle with no more than one passenger who is not an immediate family member and who is under nineteen years of age.
Before individuals can apply for a POP they must do one of the following: 1) complete a DMV approved driver safety course and pass a written and driving test given by the driver safety course instructor, or 2) present to the Driver Licensing Staff a 50 Hour Certification form signed by a parent, guardian or licensed driver who is at least 21 years old. The 50 Hour Certification form must be obtained from the DMV and must indicate that at least 10 hours of motor vehicle operation was between sunset and sunrise.
The written and drive tests may be waived if the applicant presents a Written and Drive Test Waiver form to the Driver Licensing Staff. This waiver form will be given to the student by the instructor upon successful completion of the DMV approved driver safety course.
If an individual presents the 50 Hour Certification form the written test may be waived if they have been issued a LPE or LPD that is valid or expired no more than one year. They will be required to pass a drive test administered by a Driver Licensing Staff before the POP will be issued.
If an individual has been issued an SCP, the written and drive tests may be waived and there will be no need for the individual to present a Written and Drive Test Waiver form or a 50 Hour Certification form.
Individuals under the age of 18 years old who have held a POP for at least 12 months and who have not accumulated three or more points on their driving records during the previous 12 month period will be eligible for an operator's license. The written and drive tests may be waived.
If an individual holds a POP and waits until they are 18 years of age to apply for an operator's license, the written and drive tests may be waived by the Driver Licensing Staff.
Any individual under the age of 21 years old who holds a POP or operator's license and who accumulates within any 12 month period a total of six or more points on their driving record will be required to attend and successfully complete a driver improvement course. This course will consist of at least eight hours of instruction. If an individual fails to complete the course within three months after notification by the Department, their POP or operator's license will be suspended.
The Nebraska Safety Center shall offer a DMV approved driver safety course at least once each year in any county where no approved course is offered.
All persons being transported in a motor vehicle operated by a holder of a SCP or POP are required to ride secured in an occupant protection system.
The holder of an LPE, SCP, LPD or POP shall not use any type of interactive wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle. Interactive wireless communication device means any wireless electronic communication between two or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular phone, a text messaging device, a personal digital assistant that sends or receives messages, an audio-video player that sends or receives messages, or a laptop computer.
What is Nebraska GDL? Nebraska 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 Nebraska graduated driver licensing program.
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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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska curriculum and training videos available. You will need to allow Nebraska 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.
Nebraska 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 Nebraska Graduated Driver Licensing.
