Curfews aren’t new, but 2026 changes the hours and the penalties. Before, it was often 11 PM to 5 AM. Now? Nine PM to six AM for drivers under 18. Yes, you read that right. You basically can’t drive after the evening news.
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Got a job that ends at 10 PM? Too bad. Get a bike. Or your parents. The law doesn’t care about your shift at the coffee shop. Exemptions exist for work and school events, but you need a signed paper that has to be renewed every month. It’s like a permission slip for your car keys.
And if you break curfew? Your license gets suspended for three months. No appeals. Just a long, quiet summer at home. You’ll learn to love your PlayStation again.
The “Passenger Limit” That’s Actually a Party Pooper
Remember cramming six people into a Honda Civic? Yeah, 2026 ends that dream. For the first full year, you can only have one passenger who’s also under 21. Unless it’s a sibling. Then you can have two.
Five friends? Nope. They’re walking. Or taking the bus. The rationale is that distraction doubles with each extra body. And honestly, have you seen the back seat of a teen’s car? It’s a circus back there. The government is just trying to reduce the clown count per vehicle.
Violate this, and you get a six-month extension of your probationary period. So that one time you picked up three girls from the mall? You just added half a year of being a “probationary driver.”
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