Wyoming Driver's License FAQs

You can apply for a regular learner permit at age 15. You must pass the required written examination and vision screening, and a parent or legal guardian must sign the application if you are under 18.

You must hold the learner permit for at least 10 days. You must also complete the required 50 hours of actual driving, including 10 hours at night, before qualifying for the intermediate permit.

You need at least 50 actual behind-the-wheel hours, including at least 10 hours of night driving. Your parent or guardian must certify that the requirement has been completed.

No. The course is supplemental and does not replace Wyoming's required actual supervised driving hours or the certification of those hours.

A licensed driver who is at least 18 years old must occupy the front passenger seat while you drive with a regular learner permit.

No. A qualified supervising driver must be beside you while you practice with a learner permit.

You must be at least 16, have held your learner permit for at least 10 days, completed 50 hours of driving including 10 hours at night, passed the required skills test, and met the other application requirements.

You generally may drive between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. Exceptions can apply for specific medical, employment, school, youth-sports, religious, or emergency circumstances.

Generally, no more than one passenger under 18 who is not an immediate family member. Exceptions can apply when a qualifying licensed adult is seated beside you.

Yes. After holding the intermediate permit for six months, completion of an approved driver education course can make you eligible to apply for full driving privileges before age 17.

No. An approved course may allow the examiner to waive the required driving skills test, but WYDOT states that the examiner has discretion and the waiver is not guaranteed.

It is a special restricted learner's permit available to qualifying 14- and 15-year-olds who face an extreme transportation inconvenience, such as living more than five miles from school or meeting certain work or family-business conditions. The Wyoming Highway Patrol investigates these applications.

Wyoming can suspend the driving privilege for violating the restrictions. Specific exception forms are required for qualifying travel outside the normal permitted hours.

Wyoming prohibits texting while driving. Although the state does not have the same general handheld-device prohibition as some states, keeping your phone out of use while driving is the safest practice.

Teendrivingcourse.com provides supplemental online study and defensive-driving preparation. It can help you prepare for the written test and reinforce safe-driving knowledge, but it does not replace Wyoming's required supervised driving or provide the benefits of an approved driver education program.