Aggressive driving — Maryland Permit Test
Aggressive driving on the Maryland permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Aggressive driving includes speeding, tailgating, ignoring traffic signals and devices, making unsafe lane changes, not yielding the right of way, and unsafe or illegal passing.
The manual's list is about taking road space somebody else was already using.
Crowded roads, unexpected delays, rushing, road construction and stress can all cause people to drive aggressively.
Knowing what sets it off is what lets you leave earlier instead.
On the test
Which of these counts as aggressive driving?
Tailgating another vehicle. The manual's list is about taking road space somebody else was already using.
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.
Learning one rule at a time, and proving it immediately, is what turns a manual you skimmed into something you actually know — and it makes studying feel like getting somewhere rather than like waiting to find out.
Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Maryland Driver's Manual, published by the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-06.