TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a invoice into regulation final week that provides an additional requirement for youngsters seeking to get behind the wheel.
SB-994 states that future drivers ages 15 to 17 should cross a driver training course earlier than receiving their learner’s license.
Along with this new requirement, teenagers looking for a license should obtain parental approval, full a Visitors Regulation and Substance Abuse Schooling course, cross a imaginative and prescient and listening to check in addition to a written driver examination.
After driving beneath a learner’s license for a yr, or reaching age 18, they will acquire a Florida driver’s license. The FLHSMV requires a guardian, authorized guardian or accountable grownup over 21 years previous to finish a Certification of Minor Driving Expertise Kind, certifying the motive force has 50 hours of driving expertise, of which 10 hours should be at night time. The driving force should additionally cross a driving abilities check.
The brand new regulation will take impact on July 1.
