Originally Posted by VA DOE

Virginia began offering a motorcycle learner's permit on January 1, 1999. This learner's
permit allows the student to operate a motorcycle:
• one-half hour after sunrise to one-half hour before sunset; and
• under the immediate supervision of a person licensed to operate a motorcycle who is
21 years of age or older, or by his/her parent or legal guardian, or by a brother, halfbrother,
half-sister, stepbrother, or stepsister 18 years of age or older.
Motorcycle learner permit holders may not:
• operate on limited access highways; and
• carry a passenger.