A 15-year-old wants an ordinary Maine car learner's permit. Which preparation is required at that age?
Correct answer: Complete an approved driver-education course and meet the other permit requirements.
Maine permits ordinary learner eligibility at 15, but applicants younger than 18 must first complete approved driver education. Age alone does not establish eligibility.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1304, 1(A): ordinary learner eligibility; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
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?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A learner has passed the written test and carries a valid permit. May the learner drive alone to a nearby store?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A 19-year-old is preparing for a first Maine road test. Which ordinary permit-and-practice combination applies?
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 ↗
A 15-year-old has finished driver education and all required practice. Can the applicant receive an ordinary Maine car license before turning 16?
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 ↗
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?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A driver remains subject to Maine's intermediate-license restrictions. Which period is prohibited by its ordinary night-driving rule?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A driver receives an intermediate license shortly before turning 18. Does the birthday automatically end the initial restrictions?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A 24-year-old learner wants to make a routine hands-free call while driving with a supervisor. What should the learner do?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
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?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
Which driver fits Maine's ordinary eligibility for hands-free device operation while driving?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
Your license requires corrective lenses. You are making a short daytime trip on familiar roads. What should you do?
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, printed 1-7, physical PDF page 12: License restrictions ↗
An 18-month-old remains within the rear-facing seat manufacturer's height and weight limits. How should the child ride?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A 4-year-old weighs 40 pounds and still fits the height limits of an appropriate harnessed child seat. Which restraint should be used?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A 7-year-old weighs 60 pounds, is 50 inches tall, and no longer falls under the younger-child harness rule. What is required?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
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?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A driver feels impaired but thinks a test would show less than 0.08. Is that a reason to drive?
Correct answer: No; operating while under the influence can violate the law even without reaching the separate 0.08 threshold.
Maine's OUI law covers operation under the influence of intoxicants as well as operation at the specified alcohol level. A number below the threshold is not permission to drive impaired.
Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2411, 1-A(A): operating under the influence; current official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A 20-year-old plans to drive after one alcoholic drink. Which Maine rule applies?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
After an officer makes a lawful intoxication-test request and gives the required warnings, a driver refuses. Does refusal avoid licensing consequences?
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 official text reviewed September 29, 2026 ↗
A friend who has been drinking offers to drink coffee before driving you home. What is the safer plan?
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, printed 3-8, physical PDF page 30: Alcohol and the driving task ↗
