New Mexico DMV Cheat Sheet: Key Numbers
The numbers people mix up most often, on one page. Print it or save it as a PDF and review it before your test.
Learner's permit and teen license rules by state
- Learner's permit from age
- 15 years old
- Hold the permit at least
- 6 months
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours
- Of them at night
- 10 hours
- Supervising driver at least
- 21 years old
- Night limit for new drivers from
- Midnight
- Teen passengers allowed
- 1 passenger under 21
Speed limits by state
- Rural interstate (max)
- 75 mph
- Other highways
- 55 mph
- Residential district
- 30 mph
- Business district
- 30 mph
- School zone
- 15 mph
Drunk driving laws by state: BAC limits
- Drivers 21+
- 0.08%
- Under 21
- 0.02%
- Refusing a chemical test (1st time)
- 12 months
Parking distances by state
- Fire hydrant
- 15 feet
- Crosswalk at an intersection
- 25 feet
- STOP sign or signal
- 30 feet
- Railroad crossing
- 50 feet
- Fire station driveway
- 20 feet
- Wheels from the curb
- 18 inches
School bus, move over and bicycle passing laws by state
- Passing a bicyclist
- 5 feet
- Bus on the other side of a divided highway
- No stop needed when the bus is across a median or physical barrier
License renewal, insurance and points by state
- License valid for
- 4 or 8 years
- Points that can suspend your license
- 12 points in 12 months