Permit test tomorrow?
One evening is enough to get your documents ready and go over the rules people mix up most. It isn't enough to learn everything from scratch, so spend it where it counts.
Independent practice site. We're not the MVA and aren't connected to any government agency.
Tonight
- Take the free 20-question test (about 5 minutes) and note the topics you miss.
- Go over the rules people mix up most (below). Many of them are numbers: distances, seconds, days and fines.
- Look again at what you got wrong, then stop. No new topics tonight.
What to bring
- Your MVA appointment.
- An original proof of age with your full name, such as a birth certificate or passport.
- Your Social Security number, or proof you aren't eligible for one.
- Two documents proving you live in Maryland.
- Your glasses or contacts, if you wear them. There's a vision screening.
- Under 18: your parent or legal guardian to co-sign, and under 16 the DL-300 form.
Sources: Manual section 2, Licensing requirements and process, page 9; Manual section 1, Driving tests requirements, page 7
Good to know
- Time limit
- 20 minutes for 25 questions.Source: Manual section 1, Driving tests requirements, page 7
- Copies
- The MVA won't accept photocopies, notarized copies or documents with changed information.Source: Manual section 2, Licensing requirements and process, page 9
- Practice questions
- The MVA's Online Driver Test Tutorial has practice questions too.Source: Manual section 1, Driving tests requirements, page 7
Rules people mix up most
Each one has a practice question and the answer explained.
- Slow-moving vehicle signSigns
- Fluorescent pink and yellow-green signsSigns
- Pennant sign: no passing zoneSigns
- Arriving at the same timeRight of way
- Turning leftRight of way
- Funeral processionsRight of way
- Low beams within 300 feet of a car you followSignals
- Steady yellow X: leave the laneSignals
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- Flashing yellow X: left turnsSignals
- Following distance: 3 to 4 secondsSpeed
- More room behind buses and vansSpeed
- Solid and broken yellow center linesLanes
- Double solid yellow linesLanes
- Single solid white lineLanes
- Never block a curb cutParking
- The access aisle next to a disability spaceParking
- Stopping 20 feet from a school busSharing
- School bus on the other side of the roadSharing
- Move Over fine: $110 and 1 pointSharing
- Under 21: no alcohol at allAlcohol
- Provisional license: passengers for 151 daysSafety
- Under 18: no phone at allSafety
- How long you hold the permitSafety
About our plan, if you're thinking of it tonight
With one day left, our Ready Plan gives you a 1-day plan and says what it can't cover. It can't confirm you're ready: Ready needs two full practice exams on different days. If the free test already goes well, you probably don't need it.
Sources
- Manual section 1, Driving tests requirements, page 7
- Manual section 2, Licensing requirements and process, page 9
Checked against these sources on October 24, 2026.
We read these sources and wrote this page in our own words. The MVA has the final word, and rules change, so check anything important with the MVA before your appointment.