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The Maine knowledge test is a single 30-question exam covering road signs and the rules of the road together. You need 24 correct (80%) to pass.
Answer: The vehicle on the right — standard right-before-left applies
Maine follows the standard right-before-left rule at uncontrolled intersections — the vehicle on the right has the right-of-way.
Right-of-Way
Answer: Yes, unless a sign specifically prohibits it
Maine permits a right turn on red unless a posted sign specifically reads 'NO RIGHT TURN ON RED.'
Signals
Answer: No — Maine tracks conviction counts and applies fixed suspension periods per offense instead
Unlike many states, Maine does not use a numeric point system — it tracks conviction counts and applies fixed suspension periods to specific offenses instead.
License Actions
Answer: 10 feet
Maine requires leaving at least 10 feet of clear roadway width for other traffic when parked.
Parking Rules
Answer: Until they exceed the manufacturer's rear-facing weight or height limit for their seat
Children under 2 must ride rear-facing until they exceed the manufacturer's rear-facing weight or height limit for their specific seat.
Child Passenger Safety
Answer: Traffic already on the public way — you must yield
A driver entering a public way from a private way, like a driveway, must yield to traffic already on the public way.
Right-of-Way
Answer: Yield to pedestrians and cross traffic, then proceed when safe
Even where a right turn on red is allowed, you must first yield to pedestrians and cross traffic.
Signals
Answer: 3 or more
Three or more major-offense convictions, such as OUI, driving after suspension, or eluding police, within 5 years can trigger Habitual Offender status.
License Actions
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Questions and exam format researched against Maine's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 20 August 2026.
Maine Title 29-A (Motor Vehicles) via the official Maine Legislature statute site, individual sections fetched directly as https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec{section}.html — specific sections researched: §2073/§2074 (speed limits, school zones, obstructed intersections, emergency vehicle passing speed), §2057 (traffic signals, right turn on red, red arrow), §2081 (seatbelt law and child passenger safety), §2119 (texting while driving), §2121 (handheld electronic device use), §2054(9) (move-over law and yield-to-moving-emergency-vehicle rule), §2067 (headlight requirements), §2308 (school bus stop-arm law), §521 (disability parking placards/plates), and §2551-A (Habitual Offender status) — plus the official Maine BMV "Drivers License Exam" page at https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/driver-licenses-and-ids/car-license/drivers-license-exam and the Maine Driver's License Manual (Secretary of State Shenna Bellows edition), PDF fetched directly from https://www.maine.gov/sos/sites/maine.gov.sos/files/inline-files/Maine%20Driver%20License%20Manual_1.pdf (linked from the BMV manual hub at https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/driver-licenses-and-ids/car-license/driver-license-manual-and-Maine-motorist-handbook-and-study-guide, whose translated editions are marked rev. 05/2025). Researched and verified 2026-08-19; citation gap closed 2026-08-20 by re-fetching the BMV exam page, the manual PDF (text-extracted via pdftotext, ~260KB of readable text, not a scan), and §2073, §2119 and §2551-A individually from legislature.maine.gov. Mock config (30 questions, 24 correct to pass = 80%) is CONFIRMED, quoted verbatim from the BMV exam page — "The knowledge test consists of 30 questions, and you must answer a minimum of 24 correctly to pass the test" — not an estimate. Note that the manual PDF itself does NOT restate that count anywhere (searched exhaustively for "question", "pass", "score"); the BMV exam page is the sole official source for it, so re-check that page specifically if the figure is ever disputed. Signs are folded into the single knowledge-test pool rather than a standalone gated section (signCount: 0) — the manual confirms the written test covers "your ability to identify and understand highway signs" as one component of the same test, with no separate sign-only gate described. Statute spot-checks 2026-08-20: §2073 confirmed as "Authority to regulate speeds", §2119 as the text-messaging prohibition, and §2551-A as "Habitual offender" with the 3-or-more-major-offenses / 10-or-more-moving-violations, 5-year thresholds this module states, all read directly from the statute pages. Points category models Maine's actual system: conviction-count thresholds (3+ major offenses OR 10+ moving violations within 5 years trigger Habitual Offender status) and per-offense fixed suspension periods, rather than a numeric point table — Maine does not use point values, confirmed by checking two full statute chapters. Deliberately excluded / left unconfirmed rather than invented: the specific 'Driving to Endanger'/reckless-driving statutory definition and threshold; a work-zone-specific speed provision; any left-turn-on-red rule; the revocation duration once Habitual Offender status actually triggers; hydrant/crosswalk/stop-sign parking distances (Maine appears to leave these to municipal ordinance, a home-rule pattern, rather than state statute); and a specific bicycle safe-passing distance. Re-verify periodically, as Maine BMV rules, fees, and statutory thresholds change over time.
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