Yielding to waiting pedestrians — Maine Permit Test
Yielding to waiting pedestrians on the Maine permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Yield to pedestrians in a marked crosswalk when there are no traffic lights or police at the intersection.
With no light to stop them, drivers who do not yield leave walkers stuck in the middle of the road.
When pedestrians are in a marked crosswalk and there are no traffic lights or police at the intersection.
When you are turning a corner and pedestrians are crossing with the light, yield to them.
Walkers crossing on their own green do not expect a turning car to cut through them.
When the car is turning a corner and the pedestrians are crossing with the light.
A car coming out of a driveway or alley must stop before the sidewalk and wait for pedestrians and traffic.
A driver who rolls out of an alley across the sidewalk hits a walker he could not see past the wall.
Cars coming out of driveway or alley must stop before the sidewalk and wait for pedestrians and traffic.
In Maine, always yield the right-of-way to school children crossing a street.
Children dart out and misjudge cars, so a driver who waits for them to yield will hit one.
Always yield the right-of-way to school children crossing a street.
On the test
People are in a marked crosswalk at a corner with no traffic light or police. What must you do?
Yield and let them cross. With no light to stop them, drivers who do not yield leave walkers stuck in the middle of the road. Maine Driver’s License Manual, p.49: “When pedestrians are in a marked crosswalk and there are no traffic lights or police at the intersection.”
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)