Maine Permit Practice Test

Our Maine test draws from 458 free practice questions based on the Maine Driver's License Manual, 175 of them on Maine's own rules. Each test picks its questions at random, so every try is different. No sign-up: answer the questions, get your score, and see why each answer is right.

The Maine knowledge test

Passing score
24 of 30 (80%)
Question pool for the Maine test
458 questions175 on Maine rules

The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles (Secretary of State) sets the passing score at 80%. The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles says the Class C knowledge test has 30 questions and you need 24 correct to pass. Signs, road rules, pedestrian and bicycle safety, OUI laws and distracted driving are all part of the one test.

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Maine rules to know for the test

A few facts from the Maine Driver's License Manual that our Maine questions are written from. Each links to its handbook section.

Safe Driving

  • A driver should keep at least four seconds behind the vehicle ahead and more in bad conditions; following closer than that is too close. Section 8, Space in Front, PDF p. 85
  • The law bars following another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent given speed, traffic and road conditions. Title 29-A, §2066, sub-§1

License Rules

  • The Class C knowledge test has 30 questions and an applicant needs at least 24 correct answers to pass. Written Test Information
  • The road test is not given until the other tests have been passed and the permit requirements are met. Road Test Information

Right-of-Way

Alcohol & Drugs

Emergencies

  • On the approach of an emergency vehicle with its light and siren on, every driver must pull to the right curb, clear of any intersection, and stop; violation is a Class E crime with a minimum $250 fine. Title 29-A, §2054, sub-§4
  • When passing a stationary emergency vehicle with lights on, a driver should pass in a lane that is not adjacent to it if possible, otherwise at a careful and prudent speed; the fine is at least $275. Title 29-A, §2054, sub-§9

Traffic Signals

  • A circular green light means the driver may go straight or turn unless a sign bars a turn, but must yield to vehicles and pedestrians still lawfully in the intersection. Title 29-A, §2057, sub-§1, ¶A
  • A steady yellow light is a warning that the green is ending and red will appear immediately. Title 29-A, §2057, sub-§1, ¶B

Sample Maine practice questions

When may a Maine driver use a handheld phone?

  • After pulling off the road and stopping
  • While stopped at a red light briefly
  • While holding the wheel with one hand
  • While waiting in slow-moving traffic
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After pulling off the road and stopping

The vehicle must be in a location where it can safely remain stationary.

Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, Title 29-A, §2121, sub-§1

What does a steady circular green light mean in Maine?

  • Go only straight ahead and never turn
  • Go, but yield to those still in the intersection
  • Go, since green means all other traffic stops
  • Stop first and then go when no one is near
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Go, but yield to those still in the intersection

A green light does not remove the duty to yield to vehicles and pedestrians still in the intersection.

Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, Title 29-A, §2057, sub-§1, ¶A

In Maine, a child under 8 who weighs under 80 pounds and is under 57 inches tall must ride in what?

  • The front seat with the airbag turned on
  • The adult seat belt with no extra seat or pad
  • A lap belt only, in the back seat
  • A belt-positioning seat or other child restraint
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A belt-positioning seat or other child restraint

Older and taller children can use the adult seat belt.

Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, Title 29-A, §2081, sub-§3, ¶A

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About these questions

We wrote these practice questions from the facts in the Maine Driver's License Manual (Maine Driver's License Manual, 'Rev 4/24' on every page (126 PDF pages; file 'Maine Driver License Manual_2.pdf', 7.4 MB), the English manual linked from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles page 'Driver License Manual and Maine Motorist Handbook and Study Guide'; read 2026-11-10. www.maine.gov returns HTTP 403 to non-browser clients, so the same published file was fetched from www1.maine.gov with the project's honest user agent; the citations use the www.maine.gov address linked from the agency page. Page numbers cited are PDF pages (printed numbers run Section-page, for example PDF p. 8 is printed 1-3). The agency page also lists language editions whose file names say 'rev 05_2025'; the English edition found is Rev 4/24, so the owner may want to ask the BMV whether a newer English edition exists. The knowledge-test format comes from the BMV page 'Drivers License Exam' (fetched 2026-11-10). Every legal rule used in questions was checked against the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, on legislature.maine.gov (pages dated 10/05/2026 by the Revisor) and the BMV license pages. Out-of-date or inconsistent handbook statements and how they were handled: (1) child restraints (PDF pp. 42-43: safety seat under 55 pounds; 55 to 80 pounds and under 8 in a restraint; rear seat for age 12 and under) differ from 29-A M.R.S. 2081: a child under 2 must be in a rear-facing restraint, a child 2 or older under 55 pounds in a harness restraint, a child under 8, under 80 pounds and under 57 inches in a belt-positioning seat, and a child under 12 in the rear seat if possible; questions follow the statute; (2) phones (PDF pp. 7, 25, 27 say phones and handheld devices are prohibited and not to talk on the phone) are simplified: 29-A M.R.S. 2121 bans handheld use for everyone but allows hands-free mode for drivers 18 or older who hold neither a learner's permit nor an intermediate license, with $50 and $250 fines, and 2119 bans texting ($250 minimum); questions follow the statutes; (3) the refusal suspension is described only as 'up to six years' (PDF p. 31), which is the warning text of 2521(3); the periods are 275 days, 18 months, 4 years and 6 years for the first to fourth refusal (2521(6)) and one year for a first refusal with probable cause of a death; questions use the statute; (4) PDF p. 9 counts the 270-day intermediate restrictions from the road test, while 29-A M.R.S. 1311(2) counts them from license issuance; questions use the statute; (5) following distance is 4 seconds on PDF p. 85 but the statute (2066) only says reasonable and prudent, so the 4 seconds is asked only as the manual's advice; (6) PDF p. 81 gives about 158 feet of braking distance at 50 mph while the chart on PDF p. 82 gives 133 feet, and flares are placed 100 feet behind on PDF p. 92 but 200 to 300 feet on PDF p. 99; no question asks these distances; (7) parking distances from hydrants, crosswalks and fire station driveways and the 85-decibel sound-system rule (PDF p. 22) are described as municipal or manual rules and were not found in the 29-A sections read, so they are asked only as what the manual says and the hydrant variable is left open; the $100 disability-space fine on PDF p. 70 is out of date: 29-A M.R.S. 521(9-A) sets $200 to $500 for parking in a disability space without a plate or placard or in an access aisle, and the question follows the statute (independent check 2026-11-10); (8) the points system and the three-point course credit (PDF pp. 13-14) match the Secretary of State rule 29-250 C.M.R. ch. 1 linked from the BMV License Suspensions & Revocations page (warning at half of 12 points, suspension possible at 12 points within a year, points erased after one year, one three-point course credit per twelve months; checked 2026-11-10); violation-free credits were not checked and are not asked; the license validity of six years (four if 65 or older, PDF p. 11) was not checked against statute and is not asked. Material for commercial licenses and the CDL addendum on the same agency page was not used. edition) and from official sources on road signs. Every answer links to its source, so you can check it and read more.

DMV Decoded is an independent guide, not a government agency. This practice test is not connected to the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles (Secretary of State), and your actual test will have different questions. Study the handbook, and check the agency's website for current rules.