302.132. Minimum age and requirements to apply for temporary motorcycle instruction permit, restrictions. - Missouri Statutes

Minimum age and requirements to apply for temporary motorcycleinstruction permit, restrictions.

302.132. 1. Any person at least fifteen and one-half years of agewho, except for age or lack of instruction in operating a motor vehicle,would otherwise be qualified to obtain a motorcycle or motortricyclelicense or endorsement pursuant to sections 302.010 to 302.340 may apply,with the written consent of the parent or guardian of such person, for atemporary motorcycle instruction permit to operate a motorcycle ormotortricycle.

2. The director shall issue a temporary motorcycle instruction permitunder this section if the applicant has completed a motorcycle ridertraining course approved under sections 302.133 to 302.138 and is otherwiseeligible for the temporary permit.

3. A person receiving a temporary motorcycle permit and having it inhis immediate possession shall be entitled to operate a motorcycle ormotortricycle for a period of six months upon the highways of the state,and persons under the age of sixteen shall be subject to the followingrestrictions:

(1) The motorcycle or motortricycle may not have an engine with adisplacement of greater than two hundred fifty cubic centimeters;

(2) The operator shall not travel at any time from a half-hour aftersunset to a half-hour before sunrise;

(3) The operator shall not carry any passengers; and

(4) The operator shall not travel over fifty miles from theoperator's home address.

(L. 1995 H.B. 717)