Minimum age and requirements to apply for temporary motorcycle instruction permit, restrictions
A person who is at least 15 and a half years old can apply for a temporary motorcycle learning permit. A parent or guardian has to give written permission, and the person has to finish an approved motorcycle safety class first. The permit lasts six months. Anyone under 16 with this permit can only ride a small motorcycle (engine size 250cc or less), cannot ride at night (from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise), cannot carry passengers, and cannot go more than 50 miles from home.
302.132. Minimum age and requirements to apply for , . — 1. Any person at least fifteen and one-half years of age who, except for age or lack of instruction in operating a motor vehicle, would otherwise be qualified to obtain a motorcycle or or sections 302.010 to 302.340 may apply, with the written of the parent or of such person, for a temporary motorcycle instruction permit to operate a motorcycle or motortricycle.
2. The shall a temporary motorcycle instruction permit under this section if the has completed a motorcycle rider training course approved under sections 302.133 to 302.138 and is otherwise eligible for the .
3. A person receiving a temporary motorcycle and having it in his immediate possession shall be entitled to operate a motorcycle or motortricycle for a period of six months upon the highways of the state, and persons under the age of sixteen shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The motorcycle or motortricycle may not have an engine with a of greater than two hundred fifty cubic centimeters;
(2) The shall not travel at any time from a half-hour after to a half-hour before sunrise;
(3) The operator shall not carry any passengers; and
(4) The operator shall not travel over fifty miles from the operator's home address.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1995 H.B. 717)
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