Indiana supervised driving
How to fill out Indiana’s Log of Supervised Driving Practice
Indiana’s grid is one of the simplest here — a date, a daytime figure, a nighttime figure, and nothing else. The difficulty is in Section 2, where the affirmation names exactly who was allowed to sit beside the driver for those fifty hours, and the list is narrower than most people assume. A relative has to be 25; only a spouse can qualify at 21. Practice supervised by someone outside that list cannot be certified, however carefully it was logged.
Fill the left table, then the right, then the back
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Check who is allowed to supervise before you start
Section 2 lists five categories: a licensed driver education instructor working under a driver training school; a certified driver rehabilitation specialist who is recognized by the bureau and employed through a driver rehabilitation program; a validly licensed driver at least 25 related by blood, marriage or legal status; a validly licensed driver at least 25 approved by the Department of Child Services; or a validly licensed driver at least 21 who is the driver’s spouse. A 22-year-old sibling does not qualify. This is the constraint worth confirming before hour one, not at hour fifty.
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Head the form and, if it applies, tick the bioptic box
Section 1 takes the driver’s name in last, first, middle-initial order and their Driver’s License Number. Below that sits a checkbox for bioptic drivers, who are not required to drive at night — the only route on this form to a valid log with an empty Night column.
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Record one row per date, split day and night
Each row is a date in mm/dd/yyyy with two drive-time cells beside it, Day and Night. A date driven only in daylight leaves the Night cell empty rather than showing a zero.
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Work left table, right table, then the back
Each side carries two tables side by side, and the front ends with CONTINUED ON BACK — the form is two pages, front and reverse. It does not say which table to fill first, but treating all four as one continuous list — left, then right, then over the page — keeps the dates in order for whoever reads it at the counter.
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Attach more logs rather than cramming
The instructions say multiple logs may be completed and attached if necessary. Running out of rows is expected at fifty hours; squeezing two dates onto one line is not the answer.
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Get the right signatures, then bring it in person
Under 18, a parent or legal guardian signs and the applicant signs too. At 18 or older, only the driver signs. The affirmation is sworn — making a false statement may constitute perjury — and the completed log must be presented when applying for the license rather than sent ahead.
One date, split across two cells
Take January 5: twenty minutes of practice in the afternoon and twenty more after dark. Rows are per date, so both sessions share a line and separate into the two cells.
- DATE (mm/dd/yyyy)
- 01/05/2026
- Drive Time — DAY
- 20 min.
- Drive Time — NIGHT
- 20 min.
- A longer session
- 1 hr. 30 min. — the cells spell out hours and minutes rather than using a decimal
- A daylight-only date
- Night left blank, not zeroed
The column heading is “Drive Time Hours / Minutes” and sets no format beyond that; the export writes it out in words, so 90 minutes reads 1 hr. 30 min. rather than 1.5 or 1:30. Ten of the fifty hours have to accumulate in the Night column — unless the bioptic box at the top is ticked, which is the one case where a blank Night column is complete rather than short.
What an Indiana log cannot certify
- Logging hours with a supervisor who falls outside Section 2’s five categories — most often a licensed relative aged between 21 and 24, who qualifies only if they are the driver’s spouse.
- Leaving the Night column empty without being a bioptic driver, when ten of the fifty hours have to fall after dark.
- Mixing units down the column. The heading asks for hours and minutes and sets no format beyond that, so 1.5, 1:30 and 1 hr. 30 min. are all the same ninety minutes — but a sheet carrying more than one of them is harder to total and easier to query.
- Scattering dates across the two tables and the back rather than filling them in order. The form does not prescribe a sequence, but a log read in one pass is a log nobody has to reconcile.
- Arriving without the log itself — it has to be presented at application, and additional sheets have to come with it.
What fills Section 1, and who signs Section 2
The export writes one row per calendar date, filling the left table before the right and carrying on across pages:
| On the Log of Supervised Driving Practice (State Form 54706) | Comes from |
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| Driver Name / Driver’s License Number | Both from the export wizard, repeated at the top of each page; the license number defaults to the one stored against the student so it need not be retyped. |
| DATE | The practice date in mm/dd/yyyy, with that day’s drives summed onto one line. |
| Drive Time — DAY / NIGHT | That date’s daylight and after-dark practice, written the way the heading asks — “20 min.”, “1 hr. 30 min.” — and left blank rather than zeroed when a date did not reach that side. |
| Bioptic Drivers Only checkbox | Left unticked. It is a declaration about the driver rather than about the practice, so it is yours to make. |
| Section 2 — affirmation and signatures | Entirely blank. The affirmation certifies both the fifty hours and that they were supervised by someone in the listed categories, and it is sworn under penalty of perjury — not something a generated form can assert for you. |
The log records how much was driven and when; it has no column for who supervised. That means the affirmation in Section 2 is the only place the supervisor requirement is tested, and it is tested by someone signing rather than by anything the grid can show.
Frequently asked questions
Who is allowed to supervise practice in Indiana?
Section 2 names five categories: a licensed driver education instructor under a driver training school, a certified driver rehabilitation specialist recognized by the bureau and employed through a driver rehabilitation program, a validly licensed driver at least 25 who is related by blood, marriage or legal status, a validly licensed driver at least 25 approved by the Department of Child Services, or a validly licensed driver at least 21 who is the driver’s spouse. The age tiers are the part that catches people — 25 for a relative, 21 only for a spouse.
What is the bioptic checkbox for?
Bioptic drivers — those licensed using a bioptic telescopic lens — are not required to drive at night, and the box near the top of Section 1 records that. Ticking it is what makes an empty Night column a complete log rather than a short one.
How should drive time be written?
In hours and minutes, as the heading says: twenty minutes is 20 min. and ninety is 1 hr. 30 min. A cell for a side of the day that saw no driving is left blank rather than filled with a zero.
What if I run out of rows?
The instructions allow it: multiple logs may be completed and attached. At fifty hours that is the expected outcome rather than a problem, so start a second sheet instead of doubling dates onto one line.
Who signs the Indiana log?
If the applicant is under 18, a parent or legal guardian signs and the applicant signs as well. At 18 or older, only the driver signs. Either way it is an affirmation sworn under penalty of perjury, so it is signed once the hours are genuinely complete.
Track your Indiana hours
Log every supervised drive and Learner Log keeps the totals ready for the Log of Supervised Driving Practice (State Form 54706).
Still deciding how to keep the record? Compare paper against an app. Not sure where the Log of Supervised Driving Practice (State Form 54706) ends up? See submitting a log versus certifying the hours.
Official sources: Official Log of Supervised Driving Practice (State Form 54706). Indiana licensing instructions. This guide was last reviewed against the official form on ; Indiana can change its form or instructions at any time, so confirm the current version at the links above. Learner Log is an independent tracking tool, not affiliated with any licensing agency.