Can You Drive with Just a Driver's License?

[Vanessa]

When you obtain a driver's license, you become a legal driver and are allowed to operate the vehicle types specified in the license on public roads. However, during the probationary period—the first 12 months after obtaining the license—you are not permitted to drive alone on highways. Important considerations for driving on highways during the probationary period: 1. You must display a standardized probationary sign on your vehicle. 2. New drivers are prohibited from operating special vehicles. Special vehicles here include buses, commercial passenger vehicles, police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, engineering rescue vehicles, and any motor vehicle carrying explosives, flammable or toxic chemicals, radioactive materials, or other hazardous substances. 3. You must be accompanied by a driver who has held a license for the same or a higher vehicle category for at least three years.