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Maine · BMV study resources

Maine permit test prep.

Build your knowledge of Maine driving rules with 60 short lessons, 62 road-sign illustrations, and 657 study questions based on the course’s driver handbook edition.

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A winding country road with a red car and road signs
Study questions
657
Driving lessons
60
Signs & illustrations
62
Course units
11

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Practice

Maine practice test

See the 30-question simulation, the 24-correct passing threshold, sample questions, and source notes.

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Recognition

Maine road signs

Browse 62 signs and illustrations, with their meanings and the action to take.

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Reference

Maine driver handbook

Find the chapter list, source PDF, and companion lessons for the handbook in this course.

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A clear route through the handbook

The 60 lessons below follow 11 course units. Open a lesson to read its rules, examples, and source page references, or use the study app for its checkpoint quiz.

Unit 1 · 6 lessons

Your Driver's License

Permits, license steps, suspensions and points

  1. Getting your learner's permit
  2. License classes and endorsements
  3. Earning your license: practice hours and teen limits
  4. Tests, transfers and keeping your license valid
  5. Suspension, revocation and demerit points
  6. Serious offenses and mandatory suspensions

Unit 2 · 4 lessons

Owning and Maintaining Your Vehicle

Title, registration, insurance, inspection and upkeep

  1. Titling and registering your vehicle
  2. Insuring your vehicle
  3. Inspecting your vehicle
  4. Maintenance, emergency supplies and noise limits

Unit 3 · 6 lessons

Fit to Drive: Fatigue, Distraction, and Alcohol

Vision, fatigue, distractions, alcohol, OUI and drugs

  1. Vision, hearing and fatigue
  2. Distractions, cell phones and aggressive driving
  3. How alcohol impairs driving
  4. OUI penalties and implied consent
  5. After an OUI: conditional licenses, fatal crashes and open containers
  6. Other drugs, emotions and your health

Unit 4 · 3 lessons

Seat Belts, Air Bags and Child Safety

Seat and mirror setup, belts, air bags and child seats

  1. Adjusting your seat and mirrors
  2. Seat belts and air bags
  3. Keeping children safe

Unit 5 · 3 lessons

Basic Vehicle Control

Starting, steering, stick shift, backing and fuel

  1. Starting, stopping and steering
  2. Driving a manual transmission
  3. Backing and conserving fuel

Unit 6 · 7 lessons

Right-of-Way, Signals, Signs and Markings

Who goes first, lights, signs, lines and lanes

  1. Yielding the right-of-way
  2. Traffic signals, arrows and lane-use lights
  3. Warning signs
  4. Railroad crossing and work zone signs
  5. Regulatory, guide and route signs
  6. Pavement markings and lane use
  7. Crosswalks, stop lines and special lanes

Unit 7 · 6 lessons

Turns, Lane Changes, Passing and Parking

Intersections, roundabouts, expressways, passing, parking

  1. Turning and intersections
  2. Roundabouts and changing lanes
  3. Expressway driving
  4. Passing and school buses
  5. Parking rules
  6. Parking maneuvers and turning around

Unit 8 · 8 lessons

Managing Speed, Space and Visibility

Scanning, speed, following distance, lights and signals

  1. Seeing well: scanning ahead and to the sides
  2. Looking behind and giving problem drivers room
  3. Adjusting speed for road conditions
  4. Speed limits and stopping distance
  5. Following distance
  6. Space to the side and behind, and gaps to merge or cross
  7. Headlights, high beams and the horn
  8. Signals and emergency warnings

Unit 9 · 4 lessons

Emergencies and Vehicle Problems

Avoiding crashes, crash scenes, failures and breakdowns

  1. Avoiding a crash
  2. After a crash: reporting and first aid
  3. Skids, drop-offs, brake and tire failures
  4. Breakdowns and other emergencies

Unit 10 · 7 lessons

Sharing the Road

Pedestrians, bikes, motorcycles, trucks and emergency vehicles

  1. Pedestrians and the visually impaired
  2. Sharing the road with bicycles
  3. Rules for bicycle riders
  4. Motorcycles and mopeds
  5. Large vehicles and the No-Zone
  6. Turning, passing and keeping space near large vehicles
  7. Emergency vehicles, police stops and slow-moving vehicles

Unit 11 · 6 lessons

Special Driving Conditions

Night, work zones, winter, rain, wildlife and loads

  1. Night driving
  2. Work zones and rural roads
  3. Winter driving and skid control
  4. Fog, rain and flooded roads
  5. Wildlife safety
  6. Carrying passengers, loads and pets

Know which test you are studying for

Maine BMV Written Knowledge Test

This Roadwise course uses a 30-question practice test with 24 correct answers needed to pass. The format can depend on your age, license class, or application type.

The handbook does not state the official written test's item count or passing score, so this uses the best-corroborated third-party figure (two independent test-prep sites agree): 30 multiple-choice questions covering the handbook, 80% (24 correct) required to pass. Maine's format has no separately scored road-signs section, so the practice test uses one combined score.

See format details and sample questions