Maine Permit Test (Motorist Handbook) — All Questions

5 questions

Rules of the Road & Right of Way

At an intersection where you face a stop sign, you must yield to:

  • a.Cross traffic and pedestrians before entering✓
  • b.Only large trucks
  • c.Only vehicles turning left
  • d.No one if you stop first

After stopping at a stop sign, you must yield to cross traffic and pedestrians and enter only when there is a safe gap. (Maine Motorist Handbook, right of way)

Rules of the Road & Right of Way

When two vehicles reach an uncontrolled intersection at the same time, the driver on the left should:

  • a.Yield to the driver on the right✓
  • b.Back up
  • c.Honk and proceed
  • d.Go first

With no signs or signals, the driver on the left yields to the driver on the right when both arrive together. (Maine Motorist Handbook, right of way)

Rules of the Road & Right of Way

Under Maine's Move Over law, when you approach a stopped emergency or maintenance vehicle with flashing lights, you must:

  • a.Maintain speed
  • b.Move over a lane if possible, or slow down if you cannot✓
  • c.Stop where you are
  • d.Pass on the shoulder

Maine's Move Over law requires you to change lanes away from a stopped emergency, tow, or maintenance vehicle showing warning lights, or to slow down when moving over is not possible. (Maine Motorist Handbook / Title 29-A)

Rules of the Road & Right of Way

When you want to turn left at an intersection, you must yield to:

  • a.Nothing on a green light
  • b.Oncoming traffic and pedestrians until it is safe✓
  • c.Traffic behind you
  • d.Only bicycles

A left-turning driver must yield to oncoming vehicles and to pedestrians close enough to be a hazard, then turn when it is safe. (Maine Motorist Handbook, turning)

Rules of the Road & Right of Way

On an undivided road, when a school bus stops with red lights flashing, drivers in both directions must:

  • a.Pass on the left
  • b.Slow to 10 mph and pass
  • c.Continue if no children are seen
  • d.Stop until the red lights stop flashing✓

Traffic in both directions must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights on an undivided road and remain stopped until the lights stop and the bus moves. (Maine Motorist Handbook, school buses)

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