Air bags — New Hampshire Permit Test
Air bags on the New Hampshire permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Air bags are supplemental restraints designed to work best in combination with safety belts.
The word supplemental is the whole point. An airbag was designed to finish the job a belt starts, not to do it alone.
Air bags are supplemental restraints and are designed to work best in combination with safety belts.
Safety belts help to properly position a person’s body to maximize the air bag’s benefits and help restrain a person during the initial and any following collisions.
A crash is rarely one impact. The belt is what holds somebody in place for the second and third, after the bag has already deflated.
help restrain a person during the initial and any following collisions.
It is recommended that safety belts be worn even if the vehicle is equipped with air bags.
The bag comes out of the wheel in front of you. If you are not in the seat when it does, it is aimed at nothing.
It is recommended that safety belts be worn, even if the vehicle is equipped with air bags.
On the test
How are air bags designed to work?
In combination with safety belts. The word supplemental is the whole point. An airbag was designed to finish the job a belt starts, not to do it alone. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.12: “Air bags are supplemental restraints and are designed to work best in combination with safety belts.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against New Hampshire Driver's Manual, published by the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pdf (New Hampshire Driver's Manual, Rev. 11/25, New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)