Montana Rider rules and licensing Test 2

A Montana rider remains subject to the first-year under-18 license restrictions and wants an unsupervised recreational ride, with no applicable exception or specific parental authorization. Which hours are restricted?

Correct answer: 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

The general restricted period is 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. The statute lists supervision, employment, school, religious, emergency and other exceptions, including specific parental authorization; none applies in this scenario.

Source: Montana Code Annotated 2025, §61-5-133(1)(b), (2): night restriction and listed exceptions; motorcycle applicability. Official current source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗

A Montana rider with a restricted under-18 motorcycle license relies on the supervision exception for an 11:30 p.m. ride. What form of supervision does that exception specify?

Correct answer: Immediate and proximate visual supervision by a licensed driver at least 18, riding along in a separate motorcycle or other motor vehicle.

For this nighttime supervision exception, the adult licensed driver must accompany the motorcycle in a separate vehicle and maintain immediate, proximate visual supervision. This is distinct from the motorcycle learner-license supervision rules.

Source: Montana Code Annotated 2025, §61-5-133(1)(b)(i), (2): motorcycle nighttime supervision exception. Official current source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗

Outside special traffic-education and hardship pathways, what minimum age does Montana’s ordinary motorcycle learner-license provision use?

Correct answer: 15 years old.

The ordinary learner provision incorporates the age requirement in current §61-5-105(1), which is 15. Older handbook wording that required age 16 without driver education should not be used for that ordinary threshold; special pathways are excluded here.

Source: Montana Code Annotated 2025, §61-5-106(1)(a): ordinary learner age incorporates current §61-5-105(1), https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0050/part_0010/section_0050/0610-0050-0010-0050.html. Official current source reviewed September 29, 2026. ↗