Maryland DMV practice test
Prepare for the Maryland learner permit knowledge test with questions written from the official driver handbook, in English, Russian and Spanish.
Maryland practice tests
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Full practice tests in the format of the real Maryland knowledge test. Questions do not repeat between tests.
Road signs
Shapes, colors and meanings of the signs on the test.
Rules of the road
Right of way, turns, parking and sharing the road.
Maryland laws
Rules that are specific to Maryland.
Final exam prep
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Key rules from the Maryland handbook
These numbers come straight from the official handbook. Each one is also a question in our tests.
Getting your permit and license
- Hold the permit at least 9 months before the road test.
- At least 60 hours of supervised driving are required.
- At least 10 hours of the practice must be at night.
- The supervising driver must be at least 21 years old.
- The night limit for provisional drivers starts at midnight (with listed exceptions).
- You must be at least 15 years and 9 months old.
- The supervisor must be at least 21 and licensed at least three years for the same vehicle class.
- Passengers under 18 who are not immediate family are not allowed for the first 151 days, unless supervised.
- Under 25: 60 hours (10 at night). 25 and older: 14 hours (3 at night).
- A conviction or probation before judgment starts a new 18-month conviction-free period.
- 25 questions in 20 minutes.
Rules of the road
- Switch to low beams within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.
- Use low beams within 300 feet of a vehicle you are following.
- Headlights are required when visibility is less than 1,000 feet.
- Headlights must be on when your wipers are in use because of rain, snow or other weather.
- Keep at least 3 seconds behind the vehicle ahead; add more in bad weather.
- Stop at least 20 feet from a school bus with flashing red lights.
- Drivers on the opposite side of a divided highway separated by a median do not have to stop; drivers behind the bus must stop.
- Give bicyclists at least 3 feet of space when passing.
- Drivers under 18 years old may not use any wireless device while driving.
- Drivers may not hold a phone while driving; use a hands-free device.
- Children ride in a car seat until at least 8 years old.
- Sit at least 10 inches from the airbag cover (center of the wheel to your breastbone).
- Move Over law: change lanes away from the stopped vehicle when safe; if you cannot, slow down.
- Violation: $110 and 1 point; causing a crash: $150 and 3 points; death or serious injury: $750 and 3 points.
- Children under 13 should ride in the back seat.
- Children under 2 ride rear-facing until they reach the seat maker's limits.
- Behind buses and delivery vans, use four or five seconds.
Alcohol and drugs
- 0.08% BAC or higher is the legal limit for drivers 21 and older.
- Under 21 it is illegal to drink any alcohol.
How to get a driver's license in Maryland
- Pass the written knowledge test to get a learner's permit.
- Hold the permit for at least 9 months.
- Complete 60 hours of supervised driving, including 10 hours at night.
- Drive only with a licensed supervising driver (minimum age 21 years old).
- Pass the road (driving) test.
- As a new provisional driver, follow the night limit that starts at Midnight.
Steps include only rules confirmed in the official handbook; your state may have more requirements (documents, fees, driver education).
Maryland driving rules in numbers
Learner's permit and teen license rules by state
- Hold the permit at least
- 9 months
- Supervised driving hours
- 60 hours
- Of them at night
- 10 hours
- Supervising driver at least
- 21 years old
- Night limit for new drivers from
- Midnight
Drunk driving laws by state: BAC limits
- Drivers 21+
- 0.08%
Cell phone laws for drivers by state
- No phone at all for drivers under
- 18 years old
- Adults: phone in hand to talk?
- No, only hands-free use is allowed
School bus, move over and bicycle passing laws by state
- Stop from a school bus at least
- 20 feet
- Bus on the other side of a divided highway
- Do not have to stop, but should watch for children
- Passing a bicyclist
- 3 feet
- Stopped emergency vehicle
- Move out of the lane next to it if safe, or slow down
Car seat and booster seat laws by state
- Car seat until at least
- 8 years old
Sample questions
In Maryland, you must dim your high beams when an oncoming vehicle is within:
- 300 feet
- 350 feet
- 500 feet
- 1,000 feet
Maryland: switch to low beams within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.
In Maryland, a driver 21 or older is legally intoxicated starting at what blood alcohol content (BAC)?
- 0.05%
- 0.08%
- 0.10%
- 0.12%
Maryland: 0.08% BAC or higher is the legal limit for drivers 21 and older.
In Maryland, a teen must hold a learner's permit for at least how long before taking the road test?
- 6 months
- 9 months
- 12 months
- 18 months
Maryland: hold the permit at least 9 months before the road test.
Maryland permit test: questions and answers
The Maryland knowledge test has 25 questions.
You need 22 correct answers out of 25 (88%).
Yes, as of our last check the Maryland DMV offers the knowledge test in this language. Confirm with the DMV before your visit.
Yes, as of our last check the Maryland DMV offers the knowledge test in this language. Confirm with the DMV before your visit.
From the official Maryland driver handbook (Maryland Driver's Manual (DL-002). We write our own questions; the DMV does not publish its real exam questions.