Kentucky supervised driving
How to fill out Kentucky’s Practice Driving Log
Every 15, 16 or 17 year old driver in Kentucky documents 60 hours of practice, and the log splits that across two tables: a Day Driving Record marked 50 hours mandatory and a Night Driving Record marked 10. The completed log is presented to a Kentucky State Police License Examiner before the skills test.
Keep two records, day and night
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Decide which table the driving belongs in
Day practice goes in the Day Driving Record, night practice in the Night Driving Record on the following page. There is no shared table and no column that carries both. A date with practice on both sides of dark earns a line on each page — the same date, written twice.
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Enter the date and the amount of driving time
Each table wants only three things — the date, the time, and initials. The form sets no unit for the time; the export writes it as decimal hours, so a 20-minute session reads 0.33 rather than 0:20.
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Have the parent or guardian initial each entry
The Parent/Guardian Initials column runs down both tables. The adult initialling is the one certifying the driver training, so the initials and the eventual signature should belong to the same person.
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Watch both minimums, not just the total
The Day table is headed 50 hours mandatory and the Night table 10. Sixty hours logged entirely in daylight does not satisfy the requirement, and neither does an unusually night-heavy record.
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Sign the log — both of you
Under the night table, the applicant and the parent or guardian each sign to certify the log is correct. The applicant signing is easy to miss, because on most forms of this kind only the adult signs.
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Present it to the examiner
A Kentucky State Police License Examiner reviews the record and signs the block confirming 60 hours are documented, before the skills test is administered. Bring the log to that appointment.
An evening’s driving, and the page it belongs on
Because the two records are physically separate, the first question about any practice is which page it goes on. A line is one date’s driving on one side of dark, so two evening drives on the same date share a single night line rather than taking one each. Take 25 minutes of practice after dark on January 6.
- Which table
- Night Driving Record — the second page, not the Day table
- What the line covers
- All of that date’s after-dark driving, combined — a second evening drive on January 6 adds to this line rather than starting a new one
- Date
- 01/06/2026
- Amount of Driving Time
- 0.42 — decimal hours
- Parent/Guardian Initials
- The initials of the adult certifying the training
- Counts toward
- The Night table’s 10 mandatory hours — and nothing on the Day page moves
The two tables never reconcile against each other. A driver at 55 day hours and 5 night hours has 60 hours logged and still cannot test, because the Night record is half short. Watching a single combined figure hides exactly that.
What stops a Kentucky log at the examiner
- Recording every session in the Day Driving Record and leaving the Night table empty or nearly so.
- Tracking a single 60-hour total, which can reach 60 while the mandatory 10 night hours are still unmet.
- Leaving the applicant’s signature blank because the parent or guardian already signed.
- Reading the clock minutes straight into the decimal — writing 25 minutes as 0.25 rather than the correct 0.42.
How a logged drive picks its table
The export routes each session by its own day/night split, so a drive lands in the record the form expects without anyone deciding twice:
| On the Practice Driving Log | Comes from |
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| Day Driving Record — Date of Driving | Each date that had any daytime driving, once — that date’s day drives are combined onto the single line. |
| Day Driving Record — Amount of Driving time | That date’s daytime hours added together, in decimal — the unit the column uses. |
| Night Driving Record — Date | Each date that had any after-dark driving — the same calendar date appears on both pages when practice spanned dark, once per page. |
| Night Driving Record — Amount of Driving Time | That date’s nighttime hours combined, kept out of the day table entirely. |
| Parent/Guardian Initials | Initials for the adults who supervised that side of the date — two different supervisors across a date’s day drives print as both sets, joined. They are a convenience; the adult still confirms the entry. |
The signature lines and the examiner block stay blank by design — the applicant, the parent or guardian, and the KSP examiner sign the printed sheet in person.
Frequently asked questions
Why are there two tables instead of one?
Kentucky sets two separate minimums — 50 hours in the Day Driving Record and 10 in the Night Driving Record — so each has its own page and neither can borrow from the other.
Who signs the Kentucky log?
Both the applicant and the parent or guardian sign to certify the record, and a Kentucky State Police License Examiner then signs the block confirming 60 hours are documented.
When does the log have to be produced?
It is presented to the KSP License Examiner before the skills test can be administered, so it needs to be complete and signed by the time of that appointment.
Does a drive that starts before dark go in both tables?
Its daytime portion belongs in the Day record and its after-dark portion in the Night record, so driving that spans dusk legitimately produces one line on each page for the same date.
Track your Kentucky hours
Log every supervised drive and Learner Log keeps the totals ready for the Practice Driving Log.
Still deciding how to keep the record? Compare paper against an app. Not sure where the Practice Driving Log ends up? See submitting a log versus certifying the hours.
Official sources: Official Practice Driving Log. Kentucky licensing instructions. This guide was last reviewed against the official form on ; Kentucky 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.