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REGIONAL RESTRICTIONS FOR A JUNIOR LICENSE
New York City (5 Boroughs) Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk) Upstate (All Other Counties)
5AM – 9PM 5AM – 9PM 5AM – 9PM
You must NOT drive. You may drive alone only directly You may drive without being
between your home and employ- accompanied.
ment, a work-study program, a
course at a college, university, or
registered evening high school, a
driver education course, or while
engaged in farm employment.

You may drive when accompa-
nied by your licensed parent,
guardian, person “in loco paren-
tis”, driver education teacher, or
driving school instructor.

9PM – 5AM 9PM – 5AM 9PM – 5AM
You must NOT drive. You may drive alone only directly You may drive alone only directly
between your home and a work- between your home and employ-
study program, a course at a ment or a school course.
college, university, or registered
evening high school, a driver All other driving must be accom-
education course, or while panied by your licensed parent,
engaged in farm employment. guardian, or person “in loco
parentis”.

Driving Alone with a Junior License It also must list your name, date of birth, driver
license number, job description, and days, hours
Please see this important information: and location of employment. The address and
telephone number at which the employer can be
If you hold a Junior License and drive in the coun- contacted must be included for verification by a
ties of Nassau or Suffolk: magistrate or police officer.

You can drive by yourself between home and When you drive by yourself between your
your employment, which can include farm work, if home and a qualified school course or approved
you carry the correct proof of employment. Your work-study program, you must carry proof of en-
employer can complete a Certificate of Employ- rollment. This must be a letter, marked with a date
ment (MV-58A), available from the DMV website and signed by an appropriate school or program
(search under Forms) or at local motor vehicle official, on the school or program letterhead. It
offices. In the upstate counties only, instead of an must include the address and telephone number
employment certificate, you can carry a letter from of the official for verification by a magistrate or
your employer. The letter must be marked with police officer. The letter also must include the
a date and signed by your employer, and must date(s), hour(s) and location(s) of the school
show the business name, address and telephone course or program activity, your name, date of
number where you work. birth, and driver license number.