A 3-minute lesson from the Maine course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Loads and passengers can block your view, interfere with the controls, or fall off. Maine limits how far a load can stick out, who can ride where, and how dogs must travel in open vehicles.
Know the rule
A passenger vehicle's load may not extend beyond the line of the fenders on the left side, or more than six inches beyond the fenders on the right side.
You're driving three friends, 16 to 18 years old, to the beach in your pick-up, and one wants to ride in the bed. Not allowed: under 19, outside the cab, and not working, hunting or in a parade.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Under what condition may a passenger under 19 ride outside the passenger compartment of a pick-up truck?
If a licensed hunter going to or from a hunt
Never, under any circumstance
If the truck goes under 25 mph
If they are 16 or older
Answer: If a licensed hunter going to or from a hunt
Exceptions include licensed hunters being transported to or from a hunting location.