Free Maryland DMV practice tests

25, and you have 20 minutes. You need 88% or better to pass, so at least 22 correct answers, which leaves room for 3 mistakes. The questions cover motor vehicle laws, safe driving, and traffic signs, and the MVA says everything on the test is in the Maryland Driver's Manual. The test is usually taken on a computer at an MVA office, and the MVA doesn't charge a fee for it.

After a first failure you can retake it the next business day, if the branch has an appointment open. After two or more failures you have to wait at least seven calendar days. Once you pass, the score stays valid for six months.

15 years and 9 months, if you're younger than 25. A parent or legal guardian co-signs the application for anyone under 18, and applicants under 16 also bring a school attendance form (DL-300). You pass a vision screening and the knowledge test, and the Type 1 permit lasts up to two years.

It depends on your age. Under 18, you hold it at least 9 months without a violation. At 18 with a high school diploma or GED, or at 19 to 24, it's 3 months, and at 25 or older it's 45 days. A moving violation conviction or probation before judgment means 9 months from the latest one, whatever your age. During that time you finish the Maryland Driver Education Program and log supervised practice: 60 hours with 10 at night if you're under 25, or 14 hours with 3 at night if you're 25 or older.

You can drive alone, with some limits, from 16 years and 6 months. If you're under 18, you can't carry passengers under 18 who aren't immediate family for the first 151 days unless a qualified supervising driver is with you. You also can't drive alone between midnight and 5 a.m. unless you're going to or from work, a school activity, a volunteer program, or a sports event. Phones are off limits, hands-free included, except to call 911, and everyone in the car has to buckle up.

At 18 or older, once you've held the provisional license for 18 months with no moving violation convictions or probation before judgment. The MVA makes the switch automatically and mails you a card to carry with your provisional license. A conviction during the provisional period restarts the 18 months.