Supervised Driving Log

Effective January 1, 2015, every driver under the age of 18 who completes behind-the-wheel instruction and is testing for a provisional driver’s license must submit a driving log. Parents/guardians have two options regarding the supervised driving log:

Complete a supplemental parent class provided by a driver education program approved in Minnesota, and then submit a supervised driving log showing their teen has completed at least 40 hours (2,400 minutes) of supervised driving, 15 (900 minutes) of which are nighttime hours; OR
If the parent/guardian chooses to not complete the supplemental parent class, the driving log must show that their teen has completed at least 50 hours (3,000 minutes) of supervised driving, 15 (900 minutes) of which are nighttime hours.

Parents/guardians are encouraged to provide as many additional driving hours with their teen as possible to prepare them to become a safe driver. The driving log must be presented at the time of the road test and submitted with the application for the provisional license. Attach additional sheets, if necessary.

The license holder must be at least 18 years of age, or have held a provisional license for at least 12 consecutive months with no convictions for alcohol controlled substance violations or crash-related moving violations, and with no more than one conviction for a moving violation that is not crash-related.

If under 18, the parent or legal guardian must certify that the applicant has driven under the supervision of a licensed driver at least 21 years of age for at least 10 hours on the provisional license.

Learn more at www.mndriveinfo.org.

Or you can print and fill out a driving log here

GDL systems

Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) systems are intended to provide teen drivers with practice under the safest conditions, exposing them to more situations only as their skills and experience grow.