Drive Time Log Sheet

DR 2324 (02/11/22)

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Division of Motor Vehicles

Your instruction permit:

If you are under 18, you must comply with the following

requirements:

You must be 16 years of age to be issued an instruction permit

unless you have completed and passed the classroom portion of

an approved driver education course then you may be issued an

instruction permit at the age of 15 years. You must submit proof

of completion, along with your identication, at the time you apply

for the permit.

Or, if you have completed a State-approved 4-hour driver

awareness course, then you may be issued a permit at 15 years/6

months. You must submit proof of completion, along with your

identication, at the time you apply for the permit.

You are required to hold your rst instruction permit for at least

twelve months and be at least 16 years of age before you can

get a driver license in Colorado. This means that if you get your

permit on your 15th birthday, you will have to hold the permit until

your 16th birthday before you can apply for the license.

You are required, by law, to complete behind-the-wheel training

before you can be issued your driver license if you are under the

age of 16 years, 6 months at the time you apply for your driver

license. The BTW training can be administered two ways: you can

take 6 hours with a driving instructor from a department-approved

school or, if there isn’t a driving school that offers BTW training at

least 20 hours per week with an address that is within 30 miles of

the permit holder’s residence, you may complete 12 hours with a

parent, guardian or alternate permit supervisor.

At the time you apply for your driver license, you are also required,

by law, to submit a log of your driving experience. The log sheet

must show a minimum total of 50 hours, with 10 hours of those

50 hours having been driven at night. The Drive Time Log Sheet

is used any time you drive. The appropriate box is lled in by the

parent/guardian driving with you or by the driver authorized by

your parent/guardian to accompany you while you are driving.

They will ll in the date, the total drive time, the amount of night

driving (if any) and their initials. The comments section is optional

for licensing purposes, but is useful for you to track your progress.

The Driver Time Log Sheet is the only log sheet acceptable as

proof of the required 50 hours of driving time unless the log sheet

you are presenting is from a state-approved Commercial Driving

School, Driver Education or 3rd-party testing organization. The

50 hour total may include your 6-hour BTW training, if your BTW

training was with your Driver education teacher. If you complete

12 hours of BTW training with your parent/guardian/alternate

permit supervisor, the 12 hours is IN ADDITION to the 50 hour

requirement of the log sheet, for a total of 62 hours. You may

make photocopies of the log sheet if you need more than one to

complete your 50 hours.

When you have reached your required totals, your parent or

guardian or another responsible adult must then verify total

driving time and total night driving time on your log sheet(s).

These totals are entered on the appropriate lines on the back of

the last log sheet. The parent/guardian/responsible adult will then

sign and date only the back of the log sheet that has the nal

completed totals.

Once you have held your instruction permit for at least 12 full

months, and you are at least 16 years of age, you are eligible to

apply for your license. You must submit the completed Drive Time

Log Sheet at the time you apply for your license.

If your parent/guardian/alternate permit supervisor administered

the required behind-the-wheel training, it must be included in the

total driving time recorded on the log sheet(s).

Your driver license: When you are issued your driver license, if

you are under the age of 18, there are still a few things you need

to be aware of. The law does not allow you to carry a passenger

under the age of 21 until you have held your license for at

least 6 months. And, you can’t carry more than one passenger

under 21 until you’ve held your license for at least one year.

The exceptions to this are if your parent/guardian is with you, or

there is an adult passenger 21 or older who has a valid license

and has held that license for at least one year, or the passenger

under 21 needs emergency medical assistance or is a member

of your immediate family.

While you are under 18, you cannot drive between the hours of

12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless you have held your license

for at least one year. The exceptions to this are if your parent/

guardian is with you, or there is an adult passenger 21 or older

who has a valid license and has held that license for at least one

year, or it is an emergency, or you are an emancipated minor with

a valid license. You may drive between midnight and 5:00 a.m.

if it’s to a school or school-authorized activity where the school

doesn’t provide transportation. You will need a signed statement

from the school ofcial showing the date of the activity. And, you

may drive between midnight and 5:00 a.m., if it’s to and from work.

You must carry a signed statement from your employer verifying

your employment.

While you are under the age of 18, when you carry any allowed

passengers, everyone riding with you must wear their seat belt.

Only one passenger can ride in the front seat with you. You can

only carry as many passengers in the back seat as there are

seat belts.

Colorado law prohibits drivers under 18 years age from using

a cell or mobile phone while driving unless it is to contact the

police or re department or it is an emergency. Drivers 18 and

older may not use a cell or mobile telephone for text messaging

while driving unless it is to contact the police or re department

or it is an emergency. Your license expires 20 days after your

21st birthday.

Have a safe journey and we will see you when you turn 21.

Student’s name: Permit number: