Crash scene duties — Hawaii Permit Test
Crash scene duties on the Hawaii permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
After a crash in Hawaii, stop immediately and, if possible, move your vehicle off the traveled part of the roadway.
Cars left in the lane after a small crash get hit again by the next driver who comes around the bend.
Stop immediately. If possible move your vehicle off the travelled portion of the roadway.
A driver in a Hawaii crash must not leave the scene without identifying himself and helping the injured.
A driver who slips away leaves a hurt person with no help and no way to find who hit them.
Do not leave the scene of a crash without identifying yourself and rendering assistance.
When helping the injured after a crash, do not move them unnecessarily; unskilled handling can turn a minor injury into a serious one.
Lifting a person with a hurt neck out of a car can leave them unable to walk.
Do not move the injured unnecessarily.
If a crash victim is bleeding severely, try to stop the flow of blood with direct pressure.
Heavy bleeding can kill before the ambulance arrives if nobody presses on the wound.
If there is severe bleeding, attempt to stop the flow of blood with direct pressure.
Keep a flashlight and flares in your vehicle so you can warn approaching traffic after a crash.
A wrecked car on a dark road is invisible until a driver is already on top of it.
Have someone warn approaching cars to prevent further damage from oncoming traffic.
On the test
You have a minor crash and can still drive. What should you do first?
Stop and move off the traveled roadway. Cars left in the lane after a small crash get hit again by the next driver who comes around the bend. State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, p.52: “Stop immediately. If possible move your vehicle off the travelled portion of the roadway.”
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.
Learning one rule at a time, and proving it immediately, is what turns a manual you skimmed into something you actually know — and it makes studying feel like getting somewhere rather than like waiting to find out.
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, published by the Hawaii Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-05.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/HI.pdf (State of Hawaii Driver’s Manual, 2023, Hawaii Department of Transportation, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/HI.pages.txt (scripts/hi-text.py: PyMuPDF with the clip honored, sorted, hyphens rejoined; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/HI-exam.html (County of Maui, Division of Motor Vehicles & Licensing, Class 3 Instructional Permit, https://www.mauicounty.gov/1541/Class-3-Instructional-Permit, read 2026-10-05; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/library/motor-vehicle-safety-office/ (read 2026-10-05; links the manual)
- https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/files/2021/08/19-122-std-format.pdf (Hawaii Administrative Rules chapter 19-122, the DOT’s own copy, read 2026-10-05; §19-122-10(f)’s 80 percent agrees with the county’s figures)