Maine Permit Test: Alcohol & Drugs Practice Questions

Correct answer: 90 days

The court may suspend for 30 days on a first offense and must suspend 90 days for a second and one year for later offenses.

Source: Section 1: Your Driver's License – Using False Identification to Obtain Liquor

Correct answer: 30 days

Illegal transportation, possession or consumption of liquor by a minor in a motor vehicle brings a suspension of at least 30 days.

Source: Section 1: Your Driver's License – Mandatory Suspensions

Correct answer: About 40%

Alcohol and other drugs are contributing factors in about 40% of all fatal crashes.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs)

Correct answer: One year

Drivers under 21 convicted of OUI lose their license for at least one year, plus fines, possible jail and a required alcohol program.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – If You Are Under 21

Correct answer: 180 days

If you had passengers under 21 with you, your license is suspended for an additional 180 days.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – If You Are Under 21

Correct answer: .02

Vision, your most important driving sense, is impacted at .02 BAC for all drivers.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs)

Correct answer: About seven seconds

It normally takes about seven seconds to recover from glare—nearly two football fields at 55 mph—and longer after drinking.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – How Drinking Impairs Driving

Correct answer: A 4 oz. glass of wine

A 12 oz. beer, a 1 oz. shot of 100-proof liquor, a 4 oz. glass of table wine and a 10 oz. wine cooler hold about the same alcohol.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – Myths Concerning Alcohol

Correct answer: Only time

The liver burns alcohol at a constant rate; coffee, showers or exercise just make a wide-awake, wet or sweaty drunk.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – Myths Concerning Alcohol

Correct answer: Immediately

Based on the police report and test result alone, the Secretary of State immediately suspends the license, before any court appearance.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – Immediate Suspension by Secretary of State

Correct answer: Six years

Driving in Maine means consent to testing; refusal brings an immediate administrative suspension of up to six years.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – Implied Consent

Correct answer: It still applies

The Secretary of State's administrative suspension remains in effect even if you are later found innocent of OUI.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – Implied Consent

Correct answer: 150 days

A first conviction at 0.08–0.14 brings a fine of at least $500 ($600 with refusal), at least 150 days' license loss, a reinstatement fee and an alcohol program.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – If You Are Convicted of OUI

Correct answer: 48 hours

With a BAC of 0.15+, 30 mph over the limit, eluding, refusal or a passenger under 21, a first conviction brings at least 48 hours in jail (96 with refusal).

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – If You Are Convicted of OUI

Correct answer: No

There is no work or limited license during the minimum OUI suspension period.

Source: Section 3: Ready to Drive – Keeping Fit to Drive (Alcohol and Other Drugs) – If You Are Convicted of OUI