Committing to an intersection — Maine Permit Test
Committing to an intersection on the Maine permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If you have started through an intersection or started a turn, keep going; last-second changes can cause crashes.
A driver who stops halfway through a turn is hit by the car behind that expected him to go.
If you have started to make a turn you should follow through as last second changes can cause accidents.
If you made a mistake at an intersection, go on to the next intersection and work your way back.
A driver who backs up or U-turns at the corner he missed backs into traffic that never expected it.
If you have made a mistake, go on to the next intersection and work your way back to where you wanted to go.
On the test
You have started a turn and realize it is the wrong street. What should you do?
Finish the turn and go on. A driver who stops halfway through a turn is hit by the car behind that expected him to go. Maine Driver’s License Manual, p.58: “If you have started to make a turn you should follow through as last second changes can cause accidents.”
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.
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Maine Driver’s License Manual, published by the Maine Secretary of State, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-05.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ME.pdf (Maine Driver’s License Manual, Rev 4/24, Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ME.pages.txt (scripts/me-text.sh: plain pdftotext except physical 82, which is -layout; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ME-exam.html (Maine BMV, Drivers License Exam page, https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/driver-licenses-and-ids/car-license/drivers-license-exam, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/driver-licenses-and-ids/car-license/driver-license-manual-and-Maine-motorist-handbook-and-study-guide (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)