A 20-year-old friend has held the correct license for four years. Is the friend old enough to supervise your learner-permit car driving?
Correct answer: No; the supervisor must be at least 21.
A learner’s supervisor needs both the required age and licensing experience. Four years of experience does not waive the minimum age of 21.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(b)(1)(i); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A learner’s car has a front bench seat. May a friend sit in front along with the learner and qualified supervisor?
Correct answer: No; the supervisor is the only other front-seat occupant.
While the permit holder drives, only the supervising person may occupy the front seat with the learner. An extra seat belt does not change that restriction.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(b)(2); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A 22-year-old first-time applicant has a clean driving record. What minimum learner-permit period applies before the provisional road test?
Correct answer: Three months.
First-time applicants who are at least 19 but under 25 use a three-month minimum when no moving violation extends it. The 45-day rule begins at age 25.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(d)(3)(i); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
How much highway-driving instruction must the approved driver education program include for a first-time teen applicant?
Correct answer: At least six hours.
The driver education program requires at least six hours of highway-driving instruction, alongside classroom instruction. This does not replace the separate practice log.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(d)(2)(ii)1; Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A 22-year-old learner has finished the required driving practice. What must accompany the completed skills log?
Correct answer: Certification signed by each supervising driver.
For this age group, each supervising driver signs the skills log to certify the required skills and practice. Driving miles alone do not document the required supervised hours.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(d)(3)(iii); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A first-time provisional driver has no conviction, PBJ or license-restoration event extending the period. What is the minimum provisional period before a full license?
Correct answer: 18 months.
The ordinary clean-record provisional period is at least 18 months. The driver must also satisfy the other full-license requirements; elapsed time alone does not waive them.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-111(d)(1)(i); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You move to a new address while holding a current Maryland driver’s license. Within how long must you notify the MVA as required?
Correct answer: 30 days.
The statute requires written notice within 30 days, including the old address, new address and license identifying number. Waiting until a distant renewal is insufficient.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-116(a); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A licensed 20-year-old says a small amount of alcohol is allowed because it is below 0.08. What restriction applies?
Correct answer: No driving with alcohol in the blood under the age-based restriction.
Maryland imposes an alcohol restriction on every licensee under 21, regardless of driving record. The adult per-se threshold is not permission for this driver to consume alcohol and drive.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-113(b)(1); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A 17-year-old driver wants to make a nonemergency voice call using a hands-free phone. Is hands-free use allowed under this age-based rule?
Correct answer: No; the rule covers handheld and hands-free devices.
The under-18 wireless-device rule includes hands-free devices. A nonemergency call does not qualify for the 911 exception.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-1124(a)(3), (b) and (c); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
While driving in a roadway travel lane, you want to read a newly received text unrelated to an emergency. Is reading permitted if you do not reply?
Correct answer: No; reading is included in the prohibition.
The provision covers writing, sending and reading text or electronic messages while operating in the travel portion of the roadway. Not replying does not make reading permissible.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-1124.1(b)–(c); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Your license requires corrective lenses. You left them at home but think the road looks familiar. What should you do?
Correct answer: Do not drive until you can meet the restriction.
A driver may not operate contrary to an MVA-imposed license restriction. Familiarity with the route does not remove a corrective-lenses requirement.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-113(a)(1) and (h); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A driver handles a car carelessly in a way that endangers people or property. Which driving offense does this definition describe?
Correct answer: Negligent driving.
Maryland defines negligent driving by careless or imprudent operation that endangers people or property. It is not limited to conduct that has already caused a collision.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-901.1(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
An approaching train requires you to stop at a railroad grade crossing. How far from the nearest rail must you stop?
Correct answer: At least 15 feet, but within 50 feet.
When the stated crossing warnings or dangerous train approach require a stop, Maryland specifies a position between 15 and 50 feet from the nearest rail. Continue only when safe.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-701(a)(1); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A train is plainly visible and dangerously close to the crossing, but no signal light is active. Does that remove the requirement to stop?
Correct answer: No; the dangerous visible approach itself requires a stop.
A plainly visible train in or dangerously near the crossing is a listed stopping condition. A missing or inactive warning light does not make it safe to cross.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-701(a)(2)(v); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You are approaching another car from behind at night. Within what distance may you no longer use the uppermost beam?
Correct answer: 300 feet.
When approaching another vehicle from the rear within 300 feet, use a beam other than the uppermost distribution. This protects the driver ahead from glare.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-223(c); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Cargo prevents a view through the inside rearview mirror. Which mirror requirement then applies?
Correct answer: Two outside rearview mirrors are required.
When the inside rearview is obstructed, the statute requires two outside rearview mirrors. This does not waive other requirements for a safe view or secure loading.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-403(d); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Your car originally came with windshield washers. What condition does the law require of them?
Correct answer: Operational, able to hold fluid and deliver it to the windshield.
Originally equipped washers must operate and be capable of containing and distributing washer fluid. Merely retaining the reservoir does not meet the functional requirement.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-404(e); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A car has a leak in a pipe carrying exhaust gases from the engine. What equipment requirement addresses this?
Correct answer: Mufflers and exhaust pipes must be leakproof.
The leakproof requirement covers mufflers and exhaust pipes carrying engine exhaust. Normal engine starting does not establish that the exhaust system meets the requirement.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-402(e); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A passenger car was manufactured in 2018. Does Maryland’s equipment rule require a red center high-mounted stop lamp?
Correct answer: Yes; this car is within the covered manufacturing period.
Passenger vehicles manufactured on or after September 1, 1985 must have the red center high-mounted stop lamp. The 2018 passenger car falls within that rule.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-206(a)(1)(ii); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
An officer investigates a crash in which you damaged an attended vehicle. Must you provide the required identifying information to that officer too?
Correct answer: Yes; the information duty also applies to the investigating officer.
The same identifying information must be provided to an officer at the scene or otherwise investigating. On request, the available driving license must also be exhibited.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §20-104(c); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You cannot locate the owner of an unattended car you damaged. What should the secure written notice include?
Correct answer: Your details, your vehicle’s registration, and its owner’s details.
Leave the notice conspicuously and securely in or on the damaged property. It must give your name and address, the registration number, and the name and address of your vehicle’s owner.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §20-105(b)–(c); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Police investigated your crash and filed their report with the Department of State Police. Does §20-107 still require your separate written accident report?
Correct answer: No; that specific written-report exception applies.
The filed police investigation report is an exception to this particular written-report requirement. It does not erase the separate scene, assistance and information duties.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §20-107(f)(1); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Before the MVA issues or transfers a motor vehicle registration, what must the owner demonstrate?
Correct answer: That the required insurance or accepted security is in effect.
The MVA may not issue or transfer registration without satisfactory evidence that required security is already in effect. A future intention to insure is insufficient.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §17-104(a); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You are not on official business. What restriction applies near fire apparatus stopped in response to a fire alarm?
Correct answer: Do not drive or park within 300 feet.
The statute prohibits driving or parking within 300 feet of fire apparatus stopped for a fire alarm, unless on official business. Stopping does not end the protection.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-1109(a)(2); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Nails spill from material you are transporting onto the highway. What responsibility applies?
Correct answer: Immediately remove them or arrange for their removal.
A person who drops or permits hazardous material on the highway must remove it or cause it to be removed immediately. Arrange safe removal rather than exposing yourself to moving traffic.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-1111(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
