NH Permit Practice Test 16

All 20 questions in test 16

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1. 1. Midway through a New Hampshire curve, a driver realizes the entry speed was too high and brakes hard. What risk does that create?

   1. The tires can lose traction
   2. The steering wheel locks
   3. The headlights dim
   4. The brakes overheat instantly
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   The tires can lose traction. Hard braking after entering a curve can break tire grip, because the tires are already spending traction on turning. Speed belongs down before the curve starts, low enough to allow slight steady acceleration through it. Poor traction, a vehicle ahead, or a blind exit all argue for slowing even more on approach. Read the curve early, brake while still straight, then roll through with gentle pressure on the accelerator and both hands steady.

   Study this in the handbook: Lane changes, passing, backing and road conditions

2. 2. Rain is falling on a New Hampshire road and a driver plans to turn at the next corner. How should the timing of the turn signal change?

   1. Signal at the usual point, since rain changes nothing
   2. Skip the signal if the wipers are on
   3. Signal only after braking is finished
   4. Signal sooner than usual before the turn
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   Signal sooner than usual before the turn. Wet weather stretches stopping distances, so the signal should start sooner than usual before a turn to give others extra room to respond. Keeping the usual timing ignores the longer distance a following driver needs on a slick surface. Snow and fog call for the same earlier warning because tires grip less and sight lines shrink. On a rainy approach, flick the lever on earlier than habit suggests, while the vehicle is still well back from the corner and moving in a straight line.

   Study this in the handbook: Speed limits

3. 3. Under New Hampshire's Under 20 law, what suspension range follows a second offense?

   1. 20 to 40 days
   2. 90 to 180 days
   3. 45 to 90 days
   4. One to four years
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   45 to 90 days. A second offense draws a minimum of 45 days and no more than 90 days away from driving. The 20 to 40 day band belongs to a first offense, while 90 to 180 waits for a third. Young drivers also face added penalties for impaired driving, reckless operation, or speeding more than 30 mph over the limit. A license at 17 can vanish for a season over one repeat mistake.

   Study this in the handbook: Suspensions, points and habitual offenders

4. 4. A friend in New Hampshire has been drinking and insists on driving home. What should you do?

   1. Ride along to watch the road
   2. Never let that friend drive home
   3. Follow closely behind in your car
   4. Give coffee and hand over keys
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   Never let that friend drive home. A friend or relative who has been drinking or taking impairing drugs should never get behind the wheel, full stop. Riding along adds a passenger to the risk rather than reducing it. Coffee sharpens alertness while impairment persists, so keys stay out of reach. Take the keys, call a ride, or drive the friend yourself if you are sober; an awkward minute beats a lifetime of consequences for everyone at that curb.

   Study this in the handbook: How alcohol and drugs affect driving

5. 5. How are air bags designed to work in a New Hampshire vehicle?

   1. Instead of safety belts
   2. Only in crashes above 40 mph
   3. Only for front seat drivers
   4. Supplements that work best with belts
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   Supplements that work best with belts. Air bags supplement belts and perform best with them, positioning the body to meet the bag and holding it through first and following impacts. Skipping the belt because a bag exists misreads the partnership and invites the bag to strike an unrestrained body wrongly. Read the owner manual for the specific system in your car. Buckle first on every ride; the bag is a teammate, never a replacement wearing a costume.

   Study this in the handbook: Vehicle checks, seating and restraints

6. 6. Where is the large blind spot on the right side of a truck in New Hampshire?

   1. Only directly in front of the cab doors
   2. Only in the last ten feet behind the trailer
   3. When the truck is making a left turn
   4. Starting behind the cab and running the length of the truck
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   Starting behind the cab and running the length of the truck. The right flank hides traffic from behind the cab all the way along the trailer, far beyond a car mirror gap. Passing on that side demands steady progress until the cab comes into clear view. Stopping level with the trailer leaves your car unseen during any drift or lane change. Front and rear pockets carry risks too, yet length defines this zone. Treat the whole right side as invisible ground and avoid settling anywhere along it during a highway pass.

   Study this in the handbook: Motorcycles, large trucks and slow vehicles

7. 7. What eye habit should a New Hampshire driver maintain while driving?

   1. Fixate on the car ahead
   2. Stare at the hood edge
   3. Keep them moving, hunting problems
   4. Check just one mirror repeatedly
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   Keep them moving, hunting problems. A roving search spots trouble forming at edges, intersections, and mirrors before it reaches your bumper. Fixation on the lead car surrenders the sides where children and merging vehicles appear. Build a pattern used every trip: far ahead, sides, rear, repeat. Problems found early become small speed changes; problems found late become braking contests, and the eyes decide which version you get.

   Study this in the handbook: Visual search and following distance

8. 8. How closely may a New Hampshire driver follow a fire truck sounding its siren with lights operating?

   1. No closer than 500 feet
   2. Within 100 feet
   3. Within one car length
   4. At normal following distance
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   No closer than 500 feet. Five hundred feet separates followers from a responding fire truck, leaving room for its stops, turns, and hose work. Normal following gaps collapse that workspace to nothing. Drivers also may not drive or park within the block where the truck stops for an alarm. When sirens build behind you, pull right early, then resist the urge to chase the cleared path the truck opens.

   Study this in the handbook: Emergency vehicles, Sherrill's Law and traffic stops

9. 9. Meeting a large truck coming the other way in New Hampshire, where should you position your car?

   1. As far right as possible in your lane
   2. Near the center line for a better view
   3. In the middle of your lane
   4. Closer to the truck to reduce wind push
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   As far right as possible in your lane. Keeping as far right as possible in your lane opens space against sideswipe contact and softens the wind turbulence that pushes passing vehicles apart. Riding near the center line invites mirrors to meet at combined speed, holding the middle leaves less margin, and moving closer to the truck raises both sideswipe and gust risk. The shoulder itself is no place for a tire at speed, so right within the lane is the target. On narrow rural roads, slow as you settle right and let the truck pass with room to spare.

   Study this in the handbook: Motorcycles, large trucks and slow vehicles

10. 10. Inside a multi lane roundabout in New Hampshire, what should a driver do about lane changes?

    1. Change lanes to pass slower cars inside
    2. Keep your entry lane until you exit
    3. Move to the inner lane at once
    4. Signal and drift between lanes
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    Keep your entry lane until you exit. Lane position holds steady from entry to exit, with no lane changes inside the circle. Passing inside puts you beside vehicles that may exit across your nose at any spoke. Large trucks inside may straddle both lanes, shrinking space further. The entry lane choice does the routing work; inside, patience does the safety work. Follow your lane markings around, watch exit signs count down, and peel off at your spoke without crossing another path.

    Study this in the handbook: Roundabouts and school buses

11. 11. What is the minimum parking distance from a New Hampshire stop sign or traffic signal?

    1. 30 feet
    2. 20 feet
    3. 50 feet
    4. 75 feet
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    30 feet. New Hampshire keeps parked cars 30 feet from a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal. That gap protects the view a driver needs to read the sign and see crossing traffic. The 20 foot number covers crosswalks and fire station driveways, while 50 feet is the railroad crossing distance and 75 feet applies across from a fire station. A car tucked close to a stop sign can hide the sign from the next driver. Before parking downtown, pace off 30 feet from the post, roughly two car lengths.

    Study this in the handbook: Parking rules and distances

12. 12. Before swerving around a sudden hazard in New Hampshire, what grip does the manual call for?

    1. One hand at the wheel top
    2. Both hands gripping the wheel well
    3. Fingertips on the rim
    4. Hands off while steering with knees
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    Both hands gripping the wheel well. Both hands gripping well keep the swerve precise when a vehicle lunges from the opposite direction. Fingertips cannot hold a car that snaps back after the dodge. Steer toward your escape, never left into oncoming paths, then counter steer once clear. Practice the grip at 9 and 3 until it is automatic, because the moment needing it arrives without an announcement or a second attempt.

    Study this in the handbook: Emergency braking, swerving and skids

13. 13. A parked driver in New Hampshire is ready to get out beside traffic. What door rule applies?

    1. Swing the door wide to warn traffic
    2. Open the door only at night
    3. Never open a door into traffic
    4. Open it halfway and wait inside
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    Never open a door into traffic. Doors stay shut until traffic clears, because an opening door becomes a wall in a cyclist or motorist path. Swinging it wide as a warning creates the very obstacle others must dodge. Check mirrors and look over the shoulder for riders especially, since bicycles approach quietly along the curb. Crack the door only when the lane beside you sits empty, and close it promptly once you are out and clear.

    Study this in the handbook: Parking rules and distances

14. 14. Before beginning any turn, what should a New Hampshire driver search for at all corners?

    1. Controls, pedestrians, and vehicles at every corner
    2. Only the nearest traffic light and signal
    3. Just the road surface close ahead for gravel
    4. Only the lane being entered after the turn
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    Controls, pedestrians, and vehicles at every corner. Every corner can hide a traffic control, a pedestrian, or a vehicle, so the search covers controls, people, and vehicles plus a signal of your intentions before the wheel turns. Watching only the nearest light, the pavement surface, or the lane you plan to enter leaves other corners where someone may step off the curb. That full sweep also catches cyclists filtering along the side. Build the habit at every corner: corners, mirrors, signal, then move only when each area has been seen.

    Study this in the handbook: Toll lanes, turns, U-turns and intersections

15. 15. How may a metal or grated bridge feel to a motorcyclist crossing it in New Hampshire?

    1. Just like ordinary pavement feels
    2. A steady pull toward one side only
    3. Smoother than asphalt on every crossing
    4. A wobbling sensation as the tires cross
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    A wobbling sensation as the tires cross. Motorcyclists may experience a wobbling sensation when traveling over metal or grated bridges. The deck does not feel exactly like pavement, pull steadily to one side, or run smoother than asphalt. Cars barely notice the surface effect that unsettles two wheels, so a rider may slow or drift slightly while crossing. Steel bridge decks already demand slower speeds and a firmer grip in a car. Give a rider crossing one extra room fore and aft, and never crowd alongside until solid pavement returns under both of you.

    Study this in the handbook: Motorcycles, large trucks and slow vehicles

16. 16. When preparing to pass another vehicle in New Hampshire, what must accompany the maneuver besides checking traffic?

    1. A horn blast of two seconds
    2. Nothing beyond steering
    3. High beam flashing three times
    4. The appropriate turn signal
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    The appropriate turn signal. Signaling belongs to passing just as it does to lane changes and merges, telling the driver ahead and behind what your car is about to do. Horns and headlight codes carry no standard passing meaning. Check oncoming traffic, mirrors, and blind spots, then signal before steering out. The driver being passed should hold lane and speed, which works only when your intentions arrive before your bumper does.

    Study this in the handbook: Lane changes, passing, backing and road conditions

17. 17. A youth operator in New Hampshire is convicted of speeding more than 30 mph over the posted limit. What penalty exposure follows?

    1. Only the standard fine for anyone
    2. Additional penalties beyond the ordinary ones
    3. A verbal warning for a first time
    4. Community service instead of any penalty
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    Additional penalties beyond the ordinary ones. Impaired driving, reckless operation, and speeding beyond 30 mph over the limit draw added penalties for youth operator license holders, on top of the Under 20 suspension schedule. Treating the ticket like an adult's understates what a young record absorbs. Twenty to forty days can vanish for a first offense even before these extras. Speed at seventeen is therefore the most expensive kind, paid in months without a license.

    Study this in the handbook: Suspensions, points and habitual offenders

18. 18. Why must a driver avoid entering a roadway in front of a large truck in New Hampshire?

    1. Large trucks cannot use their mirrors at all
    2. A truck driver sits too low to see the road
    3. Large vehicles need far longer to stop than cars
    4. Cars must never travel ahead of a truck
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    Large vehicles need far longer to stop than cars. Size and weight stretch a large vehicle's stopping distance well beyond a car's, so cutting in front hands the truck driver an impossible brake problem. A loaded truck at 55 mph needs about 335 feet under ideal conditions. Mirrors and a high driving position help the truck driver see, but neither shortens that stopping distance, and cars may lawfully travel ahead when they leave generous room. Merge only with ample space ahead of a truck, and never dive for an exit across its front.

    Study this in the handbook: Motorcycles, large trucks and slow vehicles

19. 19. Approaching a bicyclist to pass in New Hampshire, what space and speed care is expected?

    1. Pass at full speed quite closely
    2. Roomy space plus reduced speed
    3. Match the rider's speed behind
    4. Pass only on their right side
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    Roomy space plus reduced speed. Maximum practical space plus reduced speed frames every bicycle pass, on top of the measured clearance of 3 feet at 30 mph or less. Full speed close passes blast riders with wind and leave no recovery room. A rider hitting gravel or a grate can wobble a foot sideways without warning. Wait for a gap, move well over, and pass like the person beside you balances on two narrow tires, because they do.

    Study this in the handbook: Pedestrians and bicyclists

20. 20. Which sign is an example of a New Hampshire work zone sign?

    1. One Way
    2. Speed Limit 55
    3. Workers Ahead
    4. Route 93 shield
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    Workers Ahead. Workers Ahead belongs with Flagger Ahead, One Lane Road Ahead, Road Construction Ahead, and Detour in the orange work zone family. Speed and one way signs keep their ordinary regulatory homes. Orange with black letters or symbols warns that people and equipment share the road ahead. At the first orange panel, start the whole zone routine: slower speed, longer gap, eyes hunting for the human beings behind the message.

    Study this in the handbook: Regulatory, guide, work zone and railroad signs