Your proposed supervisor is 25 but has held a license for the class of vehicle you will drive for only two years. Does the person meet the experience requirement?
Correct answer: No; at least three years in that class are required.
The supervisor must have been licensed for at least three years to drive vehicles of the class being used. Age alone is not enough.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(b)(1)(ii); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A 17-year-old first-time driver has no moving violations and is not covered by an exception. What is the minimum permit-holding period before the provisional road test?
Correct answer: Nine months.
The standard period for an applicant under 19 is nine months. The special shorter period for an 18-year-old with a diploma or equivalent does not apply to this 17-year-old.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(d)(2)(i); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A 30-year-old first-time applicant has no moving convictions or probation before judgment. What is the minimum learner-permit period before the provisional road test?
Correct answer: 45 days.
For an applicant at least 25 with the stated clean record, the minimum is 45 days. The applicant must still complete the required education, practice and examination.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(d)(4)(i); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A 28-year-old first-time learner with no moving violations is completing the practice requirement. How many supervised practice hours are required?
Correct answer: At least 14 hours.
Applicants at least 25 have a 14-hour supervised practice requirement. The approved driver education program remains required separately.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(d)(4)(ii)2; Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Which period counts toward the statute’s nighttime practice requirement for a teen learner?
Correct answer: 30 minutes before sunset through 30 minutes after sunrise.
The practice-hour definition begins 30 minutes before sunset and ends 30 minutes after sunrise. Do not confuse it with the separate midnight-to-5 a.m. provisional-driving restriction.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-105(d)(2)(ii)2; Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Before becoming eligible for a full license, a provisional driver receives PBJ for a moving violation. How does that affect the 18-month period?
Correct answer: It restarts from the PBJ date, subject to any later qualifying event.
The provision expressly includes probation before judgment for a moving violation. A later restoration or other listed event can set a later starting date.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-111(d)(1)(ii); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A 17-year-old provisional driver wants to take an unsupervised social drive, with no exception applying. During which hours is that drive restricted?
Correct answer: Midnight to 5 a.m.
For an under-18 provisional driver, unsupervised driving is normally permitted from 5 a.m. to midnight. The statute lists specific exceptions for the remaining hours.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-113(d)(1)–(3); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
An under-18 provisional driver must travel to a 4:30 a.m. athletic training session in which they will participate. Is this a listed nighttime exception?
Correct answer: Yes; travel to participating athletic events or related training is listed.
The exception includes an opportunity to participate in an athletic event or related training session. It is not a general permission for entertainment trips.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-113(d)(3)(v); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Which call is expressly excepted from the under-18 wireless-device prohibition?
Correct answer: A call to the 911 emergency system.
The statute expressly excludes contacting the 911 system from this prohibition. Ordinary convenience calls do not become emergency calls because the driver is in a hurry.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-1124(b)(1); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A 17-year-old has held a provisional license for 30 days. May the driver carry two unrelated 16-year-old friends without a qualified supervisor?
Correct answer: No; the initial young-passenger restriction applies.
The MVA lists an initial 151-day restriction for under-18 provisional drivers carrying passengers under 18. Immediate-family members and qualified supervision are exceptions; neither applies here.
Source: Maryland MVA, Provisional Driver’s License, Rules for driving with a provisional license — under-18 passenger restrictions; reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Your license requires an ignition interlock. May you borrow a friend’s ordinary car without the device when the restriction provides no exception?
Correct answer: No; the borrowed car must also meet the restriction.
The interlock restriction concerns the vehicle you drive, not merely ownership. A vehicle without the required device cannot be substituted just because it belongs to someone else.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §16-113(k); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A combination of medicine and alcohol makes a driver unable to operate safely. Is the mixture covered by Maryland’s impairment law?
Correct answer: Yes; combinations of drugs and alcohol are covered.
The provision expressly covers a drug, combinations of drugs, and drugs combined with alcohol when the person is so impaired that safe driving is not possible.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-902(c)(1)(i); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A train has passed, but the crossing gate is still rising. May you drive under it before it finishes opening?
Correct answer: No; do not pass a gate while it is opening.
The prohibition covers driving through, around or under a gate while it is closed, opening or closing. Seeing one train leave does not remove it.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-701(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
The crossing’s visible warning device signals an immediate train approach. Buildings prevent you from seeing the train. What should you do?
Correct answer: Stop for the warning; do not wait to see the train.
A visible electric or mechanical warning of an immediate train approach or passage triggers the stopping duty. Obstructed sight distance is not a reason to ignore it.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-701(a)(2)(i); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Rain reduces visibility and makes you run the windshield wipers continuously. What does Maryland require you to switch on?
Correct answer: The vehicle’s headlamps.
When continuous wiper use is needed because weather impairs visibility, the headlamps must be lighted. This rule is not limited to nighttime.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-201.2(a); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Under normal conditions, a car’s working horn must be audible from at least what distance?
Correct answer: 200 feet.
The ordinary motor-vehicle horn requirement specifies at least 200 feet under normal conditions. It does not authorize an unreasonably loud or harsh warning device.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-401(a); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Your car’s tires are known to be in an unsafe operating condition. May you drive it on a highway just because the trip is short?
Correct answer: No; highway operation requires tires in safe condition.
A motor vehicle used on a highway must have tires in safe operating condition under the approved requirements. A short trip is not a stated exception.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-405(a); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
What color must the required rear tail lamps of an ordinary modern car emit?
Correct answer: Red.
The statute specifies red light for the required tail lamps. White illumination of the rear registration plate is a separate lighting function.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-204(a); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A Maryland-registered car was sold new in 2018. May its required electric turn signals be removed because the driver knows hand signals?
Correct answer: No; the car must retain its required electric turn signals.
The law requires electric turn-signal lamps for a car in this category. Knowing another way to communicate a turn does not eliminate the vehicle’s equipment requirement.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §22-206(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Your car strikes an occupied vehicle and causes damage but no injury. May you leave without stopping because nobody was hurt?
Correct answer: No; stop and fulfill the required information duties.
Damage to an attended vehicle or attended property also requires stopping, returning if needed and remaining until the applicable duties are completed.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §20-103(a)–(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Your vehicle strikes and injures a domestic animal. Who must you immediately notify under this rule?
Correct answer: The appropriate State or local police.
The statute requires immediate notice to the appropriate State or local police. Police then notify the designated local animal-care organization or agency.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §20-106(a); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
You must file an MVA written injury-crash report and no exception applies. What evidence must accompany it within the same 15 days?
Correct answer: Evidence of liability insurance or other required security.
The report must include evidence of the required liability insurance or security, including provider and policy-identifying information specified by the statute.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §20-107(b)–(c); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
For ordinary vehicle liability, which minimum limits does Maryland specify for one person’s injury, multiple people’s injuries in one accident, and others’ property damage?
Correct answer: $30,000 / $60,000 / $15,000.
The listed liability minima are $30,000 for one person, $60,000 for two or more people and $15,000 for others’ property. This is not a statement that these three amounts describe every required coverage or a recommendation to buy only minimum coverage.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §17-103(b)(1)–(2); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
Your passengers have finished getting out. May you leave the traffic-side door open while you wait to chat?
Correct answer: No; do not leave it open beyond the necessary loading time.
On a side available to moving traffic, the door may not remain open longer than necessary to load or unload passengers. Finishing that task ends the stated reason to keep it open.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-1105(b); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
A person removes a wrecked vehicle from the highway. What duty applies to glass and other injurious debris dropped from that vehicle?
Correct answer: Remove that debris from the highway too.
The person removing the damaged or wrecked vehicle must also remove glass and other injurious substances it dropped. Removing the vehicle alone does not complete this responsibility.
Source: Maryland Code, Transportation §21-1111(c); Maryland General Assembly current statute text, reviewed September 15, 2026. ↗
