Weather risk — North Carolina Permit Test

Weather risk on the North Carolina permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

It is dangerous and deadly to leave children or animals in a vehicle: after sitting in the sun, the temperature inside a parked car can rise 40 to 50 degrees above the outside temperature, even with a window slightly open.

A car in the sun is an oven with a glass lid. A cracked window changes almost nothing.

The temperature inside a vehicle can rise approximately 40-50 degrees higher than the outside temperature.

North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.46

In winter, snow can block a car’s exhaust pipe, and warming up the car can cause carbon monoxide, an invisible gas with no smell, to back up into the car.

You cannot see or smell carbon monoxide. A blocked tailpipe sends it into the one place you are sitting.

During winter months, snow can block a car’s exhaust pipe, and warming up a car can cause carbon monoxide to back up into the car.

North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.46

On the test

On a sunny day, how much hotter than the outside air can the inside of a parked car get?

About 40 to 50 degrees hotter. A car in the sun is an oven with a glass lid. A cracked window changes almost nothing. North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.46: “The temperature inside a vehicle can rise approximately 40-50 degrees higher than the outside temperature.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against North Carolina Driver Handbook, published by the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.