Hood gas pedal and power lines — Minnesota Permit Test
Hood gas pedal and power lines on the Minnesota permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If the hood flies up and blocks your view, look through the gap between the hood and the dashboard, or lean out to see past it.
There is usually a slot of road visible under the hood, and it is enough to reach the shoulder.
If the hood of your vehicle suddenly opens and obstructs your view, you may be able to see through the space between the hood and the dashboard.
If the gas pedal sticks, try hooking your toe under it and lifting.
The pedal is usually caught on a mat or a bottle, and lifting it frees it in a second.
If your gas pedal sticks, you may be able to free it by hooking your toe under the pedal and raising it.
If lifting the gas pedal does not work, brake and shift into neutral to disengage the engine, then steer to the shoulder.
Neutral cuts the engine off from the wheels, and then it is an ordinary stop.
If this does not work, apply the brakes and shift into neutral to disengage the engine.
If your car touches a utility pole, wire or power box, stay in the vehicle and call 911.
The ground around a live wire carries current, so the car is the safest place to be.
Stay in your vehicle and call 911.
Only get out of a vehicle touching power lines if it is on fire, and then jump with both feet together and shuffle away.
Stepping out with one foot down bridges two voltages and puts the current through you.
If you must get out, jump from the vehicle with both feet together and shuffle your feet on the ground as you move away from the scene.
Always assume that all wires and equipment are electrified.
A line that looks dead is a line nobody has checked, and it only has to be live once.
Always assume all wires and equipment are electrified.
On the test
What do you do if the hood suddenly opens while driving?
Look through the gap or lean out to see. There is usually a slot of road visible under the hood, and it is enough to reach the shoulder. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.85: “If the hood of your vehicle suddenly opens and obstructs your view, you may be able to see through the space between the hood and the dashboard.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pdf (Minnesota Driver’s Manual, May 2025, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, MN entry -- the folio offset of 3 and its basis, the folio marker, the extraction-flag score and the welded compounds it costs, and the record of where the exam shape comes from