Maine Learner's Permit Practice Test

Free Maine DMV practice test for your learner's permit — road signs, right-of-way and the rules of the road, with real Maine knowledge-exam questions.

What's on the Maine knowledge test

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.

Questions and exam format researched against Maine's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 20 August 2026.

Topics covered

Sample Maine permit test questions

What shape is always used for a STOP sign in the U.S. sign system, including in Maine?

Answer: Octagon

STOP signs use the eight-sided octagon shape nationwide, so they're recognizable even from behind.

Road Signs

What is Maine's default speed limit in a business or residential district, if no sign posts a different limit?

Answer: 25 mph

Maine law (29-A §2073) sets the default limit in business and residential districts at 25 mph unless a different limit is posted.

Speed & Spacing

Who is required by Maine's seatbelt law (29-A §2081) to be secured while riding in a vehicle?

Answer: All occupants, regardless of age or seating position

Maine's seatbelt law requires all occupants to be secured, regardless of age.

ME Laws

What is the minimum age to apply for a standard learner's permit in Maine?

Answer: 15

Maine's minimum age for a standard learner's permit is 15.

Teen & Permit Rules

You're driving toward a stopped school bus in Maine with its red lights flashing. What must you do?

Answer: Stop, regardless of which direction you are traveling from

Traffic from both directions must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights, and stay stopped until the lights stop flashing.

Sharing the Road

A pentagon-shaped sign, like home plate, is used for what type of sign?

Answer: School zone or school crossing

The pentagon shape is reserved for school-zone and school-crossing signs.

Road Signs

On a Maine public way that isn't a business or residential district, what is the default speed limit if none is posted?

Answer: 45 mph

Absent a posted limit, Maine's default speed on public ways outside business/residential districts is 45 mph.

Speed & Spacing

What is Maine's legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for a driver 21 or older?

Answer: 0.08%

The standard adult BAC limit in Maine is 0.08%.

ME Laws

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Sources

Questions and exam format researched against Maine's official driver handbook and state sources. Last verified 20 August 2026.

Full research notes, including what could not be confirmed

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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