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Maine Car / Permit: Penalties & Licensing practice test
The point system, license suspension, provisional-license rules, insurance requirements, and other licensing basics.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. How soon must you tell the Bureau of Motor Vehicles about a change of name or address?
Correct answer: Within 30 days
Maine law requires notice within 30 days when the name or address on your license changes.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 1, Driver License Renewal
2. How many demerit points does finishing the Maine Driving Dynamics course remove?
Correct answer: Three points
Completing that approved five-hour course, or another approved driver improvement program, takes three points off a driver's total, and the deduction may be earned only once in any twelve-month span.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 1, Loss of Driving Privileges
3. Which hours may a newly licensed Maine driver under 18 not drive?
Correct answer: Between midnight and 5 a.m.
A licensed driver under 18 may not operate between midnight and 5 a.m., may not use a mobile phone or handheld device, and may not carry passengers other than immediate family without a qualified licensed driver beside them.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 1, Required Noncommercial License Tests
4. What is the minimum age to obtain a learner's permit in Maine?
Correct answer: 15
An applicant must be at least 15 years old, must complete an approved driver education course if under 18, and must pass the written knowledge examination.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 1, Acquiring a Maine Driver's License
5. You are pulled over by a police officer at night. What does the manual tell you to do?
Correct answer: Stop, turn off the engine, put on the flashers and switch on the interior light
Pull over onto the right-hand side and stop in a safe spot, switch off the engine, put on the hazard flashers, switch on the interior light so the officer can see inside, lower the window and keep your hands on the wheel.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 10, Police/Traffic Stops
6. What is the difference between revocation and suspension of a Maine license?
Correct answer: Revocation terminates the license, while suspension withdraws it temporarily
Revocation ends the driving privilege outright so a whole new license must be applied for once the period is over, while a suspension only withdraws the privilege for a time and lasts until written notice of reinstatement arrives.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 1, Loss of Driving Privileges
7. What does Maine law say about handheld phone use by a driver who has not yet turned 18?
Correct answer: It is prohibited and treated as a traffic infraction
Anyone who has not yet turned 18 is barred from driving while they use a cell phone or any other handheld electronic device, and a breach is a traffic infraction.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 3, Driver Distractions
8. At what demerit point total does the Secretary of State suspend a Maine driver's license?
Correct answer: 12 points
A warning letter goes out at six points, and reaching 12 or more brings a suspension; points drop off a record once they are a year old.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 1, Loss of Driving Privileges
9. How much supervised practice must a Maine applicant under 21 complete before a road test?
Correct answer: 70 hours including 10 at night
Applicants under 21 must hold the permit for six months and log at least 70 hours of driving, 10 of them after dark, all of it after the permit was issued and certified by a parent, stepparent, guardian or spouse.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 1, Required Noncommercial License Tests
10. At what age can a Maine applicant be licensed without having taken an approved driver education course?
Correct answer: 18
Driver education is required for licensing at 16; an applicant who has not taken the course must be at least 18.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 1, Required Noncommercial License Tests
11. What happens to speeding fines inside a Maine work zone?
Correct answer: They are doubled
The manual states that fines for exceeding the limit in a work zone are doubled, and it makes the same point about school zones.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 6, Work Zone Signs
12. How long is a Maine picture license valid for a driver under 65?
Correct answer: Until the sixth birthday after issue
The license runs until the sixth birthday following the date it was issued, while a driver aged 65 or older gets one that runs to the fourth birthday after issue.
Source: Maine Driver's License Manual — Section 1, Driver License Renewal
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