Missouri Laws 302.132 – Minimum age and requirements to apply for temporary motorcycle instruction ..
1. Any person at least fifteen and one-half years of age who, except for age or lack of instruction in operating a motor vehicle, would otherwise be qualified to obtain a motorcycle or motortricycle license 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 a temporary motorcycle instruction permit to operate a motorcycle or motortricycle.
2. The director shall issue a temporary motorcycle instruction permit under this section if the applicant has completed a motorcycle rider training course approved under sections 302.133 to 302.138 and is otherwise eligible for the temporary permit.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 302.132
- Director: the director of revenue acting directly or through the director's authorized officers and agents. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- License: a license issued by a state to a person which authorizes a person to operate a motor vehicle. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- Motor vehicle: any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks except motorized bicycles, as defined in section 307. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- Motorcycle: a motor vehicle operated on two wheels. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- Motortricycle: a motor vehicle operated on three wheels, including a motorcycle operated with any conveyance, temporary or otherwise, requiring the use of a third wheel, but excluding an electric bicycle as defined in section 301. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- Operator: every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway. See Missouri Laws 302.010
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. A person receiving a temporary motorcycle permit and having it in his immediate possession shall be entitled to operate a motorcycle or motortricycle for a period of six months upon the highways of the state, and persons under the age of sixteen shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The motorcycle or motortricycle may not have an engine with a displacement of greater than two hundred fifty cubic centimeters;
(2) The operator shall not travel at any time from a half-hour after sunset 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 the operator’s home address.