Printable driving log

A blank supervised driving log for any state: date, start and end time, duration, day or night, who supervised, and their initials. Print it, keep it in the glove box, and copy the totals onto your state's form when the hours are done.

Prefer not to keep paper? The free app times the drive and fills this log for you

Supervised driving log

Record every practice drive with a licensed supervising adult. One row per drive.

DriverPermit numberStateGoal: ______ hours total, ______ at night

Day or night: use your state's rule (most count from sunset to sunrise, some add 30 minutes on each side).

DateStartEndDurationDay / NightSupervising adultInitials
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
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D  /  N
D  /  N
D  /  N
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Totals this sheetDay ____ Night ____Sheet ____ of ____
I certify that the drives above were supervised as recorded.Supervising adult signature and date
 Driver signature and date

permithours.app. Not affiliated with any state DMV, BMV, MVD or driver licensing agency. Many states require their own form at the licensing office; copy your totals onto it. Requirements change: confirm with your state before you apply.

Paper logs get lost. The hours should not.

What paper does well

It needs no battery, it is accepted everywhere, and a parent can initial it at the curb. For the states that want their own signed form, paper is the last step either way.

Where it goes wrong

Six months of drives on one sheet in a glove box. Nobody writes the end time until the next morning. Night minutes get guessed. The sheet is in the other car on test day.

The app does the arithmetic part: it times the drive while it happens, splits day and night at your local sunset, adds the totals against your state's goal, and fills a DMV-ready PDF with every session. You still print and sign where your state asks for its own form; the numbers are just already right.

States that want their own log form

These states publish an official log or affidavit. Use this sheet to keep the running record, then copy the totals onto the state form before the licensing office visit. The form link is on each state page.

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