Licensing, Demerits & Penalties — Maryland

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Questions (4)

1. If your license to operate a personal vehicle is revoked or suspended:
  1. You can get a hardship license to operate a CMV.
  2. You cannot get a hardship license to operate a CMV. ✓
  3. Your CDL will not be affected.

Answer: B. You cannot get a hardship license to operate a CMV.

Official handbook: Official handbook
2. During a basic vehicle controls skills test exercise, your vehicle's final position should be:
  1. In the general area that was described by the examiner.
  2. In the exact final position described by the examiner. ✓
  3. Within three feet of the final position described by the examiner.

Answer: B. In the exact final position described by the examiner.

Your vehicle's final position should be exactly the final position described by the examiner. Your vehicle's final position should be exactly the final position described by the examiner. The handbook says you must finish each exercise exactly as instructed, and final position is scored on the straight-line backing and reverse offset backing exercises. It also warns that failing to maneuver the vehicle into the final position described by the examiner leads to a penalty and failure of the Basic Control Skills test. The handbook tells you to ask for clarification if you do not understand the instructions, so there is no need to guess at the target.
Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 12 – Basic Control Skills Test, p. 173
3. When asked to make a turn while taking your driving test, you should:
  1. Use your turn signal, but only if other cars are present.
  2. Check traffic only in the direction of the turn.
  3. Check traffic in all directions. ✓

Answer: C. Check traffic in all directions.

Check traffic in all directions. The handbook's on-road driving section describes what to do when the examiner asks you to turn: after braking smoothly and stopping if needed, you check traffic in all directions, signal, and move into the lane needed for the turn. It also says to check traffic thoroughly in all directions as you approach an intersection. That supports checking everywhere, not just toward the turn, and using the signal as part of the turn, not only when cars appear.
Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 13 – On-Road Driving, p. 185
4. When taking the on-road driving test, you will be evaluated on your lane usage. Which of the following is an example of poor lane usage?
  1. Not driving over curbs or sidewalks
  2. Stopping behind crosswalks
  3. Driving in the leftmost lane if more than one driving lane is available ✓
  4. Finishing a right turn in the rightmost lane

Answer: C. Driving in the leftmost lane if more than one driving lane is available

Driving in the leftmost lane when more than one driving lane is available is an example of poor lane usage. The lane usage section of the on-road driving test lists what the examiner is watching for. It says you should move to or stay in the right-most lane unless that lane is blocked. Staying out in the leftmost lane when other driving lanes are open goes against that instruction, so it counts against you as poor lane usage. The same section treats the other habits listed, such as staying off curbs and sidewalks and stopping behind crosswalks, as things you should do.
Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 13 – On-Road Driving, p. 188
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