Maine permit test: right-of-way, intersections and turns
Yielding, turning lanes, intersections, traffic circles and roundabouts, signaling, steering and backing, railroad crossings. 21 questions, 10 at a time, starting with ones you haven't seen.
Rules to remember10 key right-of-way, intersections and turns rulesShow the rules
- Tapping the brake pedal three or four times quickly flashes your brake lights and warns the driver behind you. (p. 46, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
- When two cars approach from opposite directions and one is turning, the car going straight has the right-of-way. (p. 48, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
- When two cars arrive at a four-way stop at the same time side by side, the driver on the right has the right-of-way. (p. 48, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
- Cars coming out of a driveway or alley must stop before the sidewalk and wait for pedestrians and traffic. (p. 49, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
- Cars entering from a private drive must yield to any vehicle or pedestrian on the public way and enter without interfering with traffic. (p. 49, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
- Always yield the right-of-way to school children crossing a street. (p. 49, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
- At an uncontrolled intersection, when two cars enter at about the same time, yield to the car on your right. (p. 49, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
- Maine's right-of-way rules say never to pass a vehicle that has stopped for pedestrians in a crosswalk. (p. 49, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
- Vehicles approaching a traffic circle or roundabout must yield to vehicles already in it, unless police or traffic controls direct otherwise. (p. 62, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
- In a school zone you must slow to 15 mph during recess and when children are going to or leaving school. (p. 77, Maine Driver License Manual (unknown) (opens the handbook))
Taken from the explanations to checked practice questions; page numbers link to the official handbook.
Sample right-of-way, intersections and turns questions
1.You are waiting to pull out of a side street. An oncoming car has its turn signal on. What should you do?
- APull out now; it is sure to turn
- BWave it on, then pull out fast
- CFlash your headlights and go
- DWait until you are sure it is turning
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✓ D. Wait until you are sure it is turning
Don't pull out just because an oncoming car is signaling. The driver may turn later or may have forgotten to cancel the signal.
2.You and another car reach a four-way stop at the same time. The other car is on your right. Who goes first?
- AYou, because you are on the left
- BWhoever honks first
- CThe car that is turning
- DThe car on your right
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✓ D. The car on your right
When two cars arrive at a four-way stop at the same time side by side, the driver on the right has the right-of-way.
3.You enter a school zone marked by a 5-sided sign as children are arriving for school. What speed must you slow to?
- A25 mph
- B10 mph
- C20 mph
- D15 mph
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✓ D. 15 mph
In a school zone you must slow to 15 mph during recess and when children are going to or leaving school.
4.Children are crossing the street ahead of you on their way to school. What should you do?
- AHonk so they hurry across
- BGo once they pass the center line
- CDrive slowly around them
- DYield to them every time
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✓ D. Yield to them every time
Always yield the right-of-way to school children crossing a street.