Your health — Maine Permit Test

With a short-term illness, you must decide for yourself whether you can safely drive.

No one else is there to stop a driver with a fever from getting behind the wheel.

With short-term illnesses, you must decide for yourself if you can safely drive.

With a long-term condition that could affect your driving, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shares the decision on whether you can drive.

A driver with a lasting condition may not see how it has changed their driving the way an examiner can.

With long-term conditions that could affect your driving the Bureau of Motor Vehicles will share in that decision.

Conditions such as diabetes, heart problems and epilepsy may reduce alertness, but if the condition is stable and well controlled you may be licensed in Maine.

Banning everyone with these conditions would keep safe drivers off the road for no reason.

Conditions that affect alertness: For example, diabetes, heart problems, epilepsy, and severe lung disorders may reduce alertness.

If your medical condition has changed or you have started using special equipment, a driving evaluation may be required.

A driver who now uses hand controls needs someone to check they can handle the car safely.

If your medical condition has changed, or you have started to use special equipment, a driving evaluation may be required.

Who decides whether you can safely drive with a short-term illness?

You decide for yourself. No one else is there to stop a driver with a fever from getting behind the wheel. Maine Driver’s License Manual, p.37: “With short-term illnesses, you must decide for yourself if you can safely drive.”