Card 1 · Learning to drive
A 15-year-old wants an ordinary Maine car learner's permit. Which preparation is required at that age?
- Wait until 16 even after completing driver education.
- Skip driver education if a parent supervises every trip.
- Complete an approved driver-education course and meet the other permit requirements.
- Complete only informal practice before taking the permit tests.
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Correct answer: Complete an approved driver-education course and meet the other permit requirements.
Maine opens the learner's permit to 15-year-olds, but anyone under 18 must first finish an approved driver education course. Bring proof of that course along with the other permit documents.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1304, 1(A): ordinary learner eligibility; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 2 · Supervised practice
A learner proposes practicing with a licensed 19-year-old who has driven for three years. Does that person meet Maine's ordinary accompanying-driver requirement?
- No; the supervisor must be at least 20 and have held the appropriate license for at least two years.
- Yes, because three years of experience replaces the age requirement.
- Yes, if the practice stays off highways.
- No; the supervisor must always be a professional instructor.
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Correct answer: No; the supervisor must be at least 20 and have held the appropriate license for at least two years.
The qualified supervisor must meet both the age and licensing-experience requirements, be licensed for the vehicle class, and sit beside the learner.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1304, 1(E): accompanying operator; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 3 · Supervised practice
A learner has passed the written test and carries a valid permit. May the learner drive alone to a nearby store?
- Yes, if the trip stays within the learner's town.
- Yes, after one month of supervised practice.
- Yes, if a parent follows in another car.
- No; the permit still requires the qualified accompanying driver beside the learner.
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Correct answer: No; the permit still requires the qualified accompanying driver beside the learner.
A learner's permit does not authorize solo driving. Carrying it or arranging supervision from a different vehicle does not replace the required accompanying driver.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1304, 1(C), (D) and (E): possession, validity and supervision; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 4 · Graduated licensing
A 19-year-old is preparing for a first Maine road test. Which ordinary permit-and-practice combination applies?
- Hold the permit for three months and complete 50 hours, including five at night.
- Hold the permit for at least six months and complete 70 supervised hours, including 10 at night.
- Hold the permit for six months and complete 70 hours entirely in daylight.
- Take the road test immediately because the applicant is already 18.
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Correct answer: Hold the permit for at least six months and complete 70 supervised hours, including 10 at night.
Maine's under-21 requirements include a six-month permit period and 70 supervised driving hours, with at least 10 at night. Turning 18 does not remove these requirements.
Source: Maine BMV, License Age Restrictions: Applicants under age 21: permit holding and supervised experience; reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 5 · Graduated licensing
A 15-year-old has finished driver education and all required practice. Can the applicant receive an ordinary Maine car license before turning 16?
- Yes, as soon as the supervised hours are completed.
- No; the ordinary minimum licensing age is 16 with the required driver education.
- Yes, but only for trips to school.
- No; every first license requires the applicant to be 18.
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Correct answer: No; the ordinary minimum licensing age is 16 with the required driver education.
Completing training does not lower Maine's ordinary licensing age below 16. Applicants under 18 must also satisfy the approved driver-education requirement.
Source: Maine BMV, License Age Restrictions: Minimum license age and driver education; reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 6 · Intermediate licensing
A 17-year-old still under intermediate-license restrictions wants to drive two unrelated friends without a qualified adult supervisor. What is the correct decision?
- Take one friend because one unrelated passenger is always allowed.
- Take both friends if every passenger uses a seat belt.
- Take the friends only during daylight, when passenger limits do not apply.
- Do not take those passengers; the ordinary unsupervised permission is for immediate family.
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Correct answer: Do not take those passengers; the ordinary unsupervised permission is for immediate family.
During the intermediate stage, passengers other than immediate family require the qualifying accompanying operator. Seat belts and daylight do not remove that restriction.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1311, 1(A): intermediate-license passengers; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 7 · Intermediate licensing
A driver remains subject to Maine's intermediate-license restrictions. Which period is prohibited by its ordinary night-driving rule?
- Midnight to 5 a.m.
- 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- Sunset to sunrise.
- 1 a.m. to 4 a.m.
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Correct answer: Midnight to 5 a.m.
The intermediate restriction prohibits operation between midnight and 5 a.m. Do not substitute another state's graduated-license hours.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1311, 1(B): midnight-to-5-a.m. restriction; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 8 · Intermediate licensing
A driver receives an intermediate license shortly before turning 18. Does the birthday automatically end the initial restrictions?
- Yes; every intermediate restriction ends on the 18th birthday.
- Yes, if the driver has made no insurance claims.
- No; the initial restriction period is 270 days from issuance and may continue beyond the birthday.
- No; all drivers remain under these restrictions until 21.
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Correct answer: No; the initial restriction period is 270 days from issuance and may continue beyond the birthday.
The initial intermediate period runs for 270 days from license issuance. Turning 18 during that period does not automatically complete it.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1311, 2: duration of intermediate restrictions; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 9 · Distraction and devices
A 24-year-old learner wants to make a routine hands-free call while driving with a supervisor. What should the learner do?
- Make the call because the learner is over 18.
- Make the call if the supervisor dials the number.
- Wait until safely pulled off the road and halted; the learner restriction includes this use.
- Make the call only while stopped at a red light.
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Correct answer: Wait until safely pulled off the road and halted; the learner restriction includes this use.
The learner-device restriction is not limited to minors or handheld texting. Being temporarily stopped for traffic is still operation under this rule.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1304, 1(I): learner-device restriction; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 10 · Distraction and devices
A fully licensed adult stops at a red light and picks up a phone to read a routine message. Is the traffic stop an exception to Maine's handheld-device rule?
- No; wait until safely pulled off the road and halted.
- Yes, because the wheels are not moving.
- Yes, if the message takes less than five seconds.
- Yes, if the phone is held below the windshield.
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Correct answer: No; wait until safely pulled off the road and halted.
The handheld prohibition includes temporary stops caused by traffic, signals or signs. A red light is not the same as safely pulling off the road.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2121, 1 and 2: handheld use and qualified hands-free operation; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 11 · Distraction and devices
Which driver fits Maine's ordinary eligibility for hands-free device operation while driving?
- Any learner whose supervising driver approves the call.
- Any driver over 16 if the phone is mounted.
- Every driver whenever the vehicle is moving slowly.
- An adult who is at least 18 and is not operating under a learner's permit or intermediate license.
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Correct answer: An adult who is at least 18 and is not operating under a learner's permit or intermediate license.
The hands-free authorization is limited to qualified adult drivers. It does not override learner or intermediate-license restrictions, and permitted use can still distract.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2121, 2: hands-free authorization and limits; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 12 · License restrictions
Your license requires corrective lenses. You are making a short daytime trip on familiar roads. What should you do?
- Keep the glasses nearby and put them on only if visibility worsens.
- Wear the required glasses or contact lenses while driving.
- Wear them only on highways.
- Omit them because daylight removes the restriction.
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Correct answer: Wear the required glasses or contact lenses while driving.
A corrective-lens restriction applies to driving on familiar roads as well as unfamiliar ones. Carrying the lenses is not the same as using them.
Source: Maine Driver License Manual, Rev 4/24, p. 1-7: License restrictions · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 13 · Occupant protection
A 18-month-old remains within the rear-facing seat manufacturer's height and weight limits. How should the child ride?
- Forward-facing because the child is older than one year.
- In a properly installed rear-facing child restraint.
- In a booster with the vehicle's shoulder belt.
- In an adult belt if seated in the rear.
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Correct answer: In a properly installed rear-facing child restraint.
Maine requires rear-facing restraint for a child younger than two in this situation. The manufacturer-limit qualification matters; this scenario does not invoke the outgrown-seat exception.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2081, 2-A: rear-facing child restraint; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 14 · Occupant protection
A 4-year-old weighs 40 pounds and still fits the height limits of an appropriate harnessed child seat. Which restraint should be used?
- An adult lap belt alone because the child is over two.
- A booster solely because the child is over 35 pounds.
- No restraint if the child sits between belted adults.
- A properly secured child restraint with an internal harness, used according to its instructions.
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Correct answer: A properly secured child restraint with an internal harness, used according to its instructions.
For this child, Maine's at-least-two and under-55-pound rule requires an internal-harness restraint. The stated facts do not meet the outgrown-height exception.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2081, 2-B: internal harness for children at least two and under 55 pounds; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 15 · Occupant protection
A 7-year-old weighs 60 pounds, is 50 inches tall, and no longer falls under the younger-child harness rule. What is required?
- A properly used belt-positioning seat or other qualifying child restraint.
- An adult belt alone because the child weighs more than 55 pounds.
- A lap belt alone because the child is in the back seat.
- No booster once the child has started school.
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Correct answer: A properly used belt-positioning seat or other qualifying child restraint.
This child is under eight, under 80 pounds and under 57 inches. All three conditions for this restraint provision are present.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2081, 3(A): belt-positioning or other child restraint; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 16 · Occupant protection
A 10-year-old fits the required restraint, and a usable rear seat is available. Where should the child ride under Maine's ordinary rule?
- In the front seat if the child weighs more than 100 pounds.
- In either row solely at the child's preference.
- In the rear seat.
- In the front seat whenever an air bag is present.
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Correct answer: In the rear seat.
Maine's current rule places a child under 12 in a rear seat when possible. It does not add the handbook's older 100-pound qualifier.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2081, 3(C): rear seat for children under twelve; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 17 · Alcohol and drugs
A driver feels impaired but thinks a test would show less than 0.08. Is that a reason to drive?
- Yes, because only a result of 0.08 or more can establish OUI.
- Yes, if the trip is shorter than five miles.
- No; operating while under the influence can violate the law even without reaching the separate 0.08 threshold.
- Yes, if the driver avoids highways.
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Correct answer: No; operating while under the influence can violate the law even without reaching the separate 0.08 threshold.
Maine's OUI law applies whenever intoxicants have affected you, whatever a test might read. If you feel impaired, do not drive, whatever you think the number would be.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2411, 1-A(A): operating under the influence; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 18 · Alcohol and drugs
A 20-year-old plans to drive after one alcoholic drink. Which Maine rule applies?
- A person under 21 may not operate with any alcohol level above 0.00.
- The ordinary 0.08 threshold is the only alcohol restriction.
- A level below 0.04 is permitted for a short trip.
- One drink is always permitted if consumed with food.
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Correct answer: A person under 21 may not operate with any alcohol level above 0.00.
The under-21 rule prohibits an alcohol level above zero. Estimating the effect of one drink does not create an exception.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2472, 1: alcohol prohibition for operators under twenty-one; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 19 · Alcohol and drugs
After an officer makes a lawful intoxication-test request and gives the required warnings, a driver refuses. Does refusal avoid licensing consequences?
- Yes; refusal simply substitutes a warning for testing.
- Yes, unless a crash has occurred.
- Yes; only a criminal conviction can affect the license.
- No; refusal can cause license suspension and may be used as evidence.
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Correct answer: No; refusal can cause license suspension and may be used as evidence.
Maine's testing law provides suspension and evidentiary consequences for refusal following the lawful request and warnings. Refusing is not a way to preserve driving privileges.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2521, 1, 3 and 5: probable cause, warnings and refusal; current published text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗ · Original question review: 2026-09-29
Card 20 · Alcohol and drugs
A friend who has been drinking offers to drink coffee before driving you home. What is the safer plan?
- Wait until the friend finishes strong coffee.
- Use a sober driver or other transportation; coffee does not remove alcohol from the body.
- Have the friend exercise until feeling alert.
- Open the windows during the drive to counteract alcohol.
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Correct answer: Use a sober driver or other transportation; coffee does not remove alcohol from the body.
Alertness tricks do not eliminate alcohol impairment. Time is needed for the body to eliminate alcohol, and a sober transportation plan avoids relying on how the person feels.
Source: Maine Driver License Manual, Rev 4/24, p. 3-8: Alcohol and the driving task · Original question review: 2026-09-29
