How Many Years of Experience Do Beginners Need to Drive on Highways?
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According to legal regulations, novice drivers can only drive on highways after holding a driver's license for one year. If the driver's license has been held for less than one year, the driver must be accompanied by someone who has held a driver's license for more than three years to drive on highways. During the probationary period, probationary drivers must display a probationary sign on their vehicles. Otherwise, they will be penalized. Drivers in the probationary period are not allowed to drive buses, commercial passenger vehicles, police cars, fire trucks, or other similar vehicles. According to Article 75 of the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses": When driving a motor vehicle on a highway during the probationary period, the driver must be accompanied by someone who has held a corresponding or higher-level driver's license for more than three years. Legal Basis: Article 75 of the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses": During the probationary period, motor vehicle drivers are not allowed to drive passenger cars, commercial passenger vehicles, police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, engineering rescue vehicles, or motor vehicles carrying explosives, flammable and explosive chemicals, toxic or radioactive substances; they are also not allowed to tow trailers. When driving a motor vehicle on a highway during the probationary period, the driver must be accompanied by someone who has held a corresponding or higher-level driver's license for more than three years. For drivers of small automatic passenger vehicles for the disabled, they can be accompanied by someone who holds a driver's license for small automatic passenger vehicles or higher.
I just graduated from driving school not long ago, and I've researched this issue myself. New drivers have a 1-year probation period after obtaining their license, during which they cannot drive alone on highways—they must be accompanied by an experienced driver with at least 3 years of driving experience. After completing this year, you're free to drive on highways independently. Highways have fast speeds and complex traffic conditions, which can easily overwhelm beginners, leading to misjudgments when changing lanes or rear-end collisions. The regulations are designed this way to help everyone gain more experience. I recommend practicing more on national and urban roads during the probation period to solidify basic skills before tackling highways. Don’t rush—safety first. After the year is up, take it slow, and the experience will feel completely different.
