MD Driving Instructor study guide
MD Driving Instructor · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
A Maryland driving instructor credential authorizes you to teach inside a driver education program approved by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA). It is built for people who will deliver classroom and behind-the-wheel training to new drivers, most of them teenagers working through Maryland's graduated licensing system. The MD Driving Instructor study guide has 5 sections and about 2,067 words.
01Maryland Traffic Law and Rules of the Road
Maryland rules questions come from Title 21 of the Transportation Article, but they are written as scenes. A candidate must be fluent in right-of-way at uncontrolled intersections, four-way stops, and left turns; in yielding when entering a roadway from a driveway, alley, or parking lot (you yield to everyone already on it); in signal timing (at least 100 feet before a turn or lane change); in reading pavement markings, including the two-way left-turn lane; and in when passing on the right is lawful (generally when the vehicle ahead is turning left, or on a roadway wide enough for two lanes each way).
376 words, about 2 min02Vehicle operation, safety and risk prevention
Vehicle-operation questions reward precision about procedure. Teach the pre-drive routine: walk-around inspection, seat and head-restraint adjustment, mirrors set after the seat (BGE - behind, gap, edge), belt and passenger check, then start.
711 words, about 4 min03Instructional Methods and Behind-the-Wheel Coaching
Every behind-the-wheel lesson needs a written plan: objective stated in observable behavior, materials and route, review of the prior lesson, introduction of one new skill, guided practice, and a closing summary with the student's own self-assessment. The classic delivery cycle is tell–show–do–review: describe the skill, demonstrate it while the student watches, hand over control with prompts, then debrief.
309 words, about 2 min04Driver Education Program Administration and Recordkeeping
Maryland's graduated licensing system drives most administrative questions. A learner's permit is available at 15 years 9 months, must be held for at least 9 months, and requires 60 hours of supervised practice, at least 10 of them at night, certified by a parent or guardian.
332 words, about 2 min05Instructor Ethics, Liability and Student Supervision
An instructor owes a student the care a reasonable, similarly trained professional would give under the same circumstances. Negligence requires duty, breach, causation, and damages - so questions often turn on foreseeability.
339 words, about 2 min