Defensive driving — New Hampshire Permit Test
Defensive driving 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
In New Hampshire there are more than 30,000 crashes reported each year.
It is a number large enough that a driver should expect to be in one, which is the point of driving as though they will.
In New Hampshire there are more than 30,000 crashes reported each year.
Driving defensively means watching for illegal acts and driving errors by other drivers and adjusting accordingly so as to avoid a crash.
Most crashes involve somebody doing something wrong, and defensive driving is planning around that rather than resenting it.
drivers must watch for illegal acts and the driving errors of other drivers and adjust their driving accordingly so as to avoid a crash.
All drivers have the responsibility to do their best to prevent collisions.
The duty does not depend on who would be at fault, which is why it covers the driver who did nothing wrong.
All drivers have the responsibility to do their best to prevent collisions.
On the test
About how many crashes are reported in New Hampshire each year?
More than 30,000. It is a number large enough that a driver should expect to be in one, which is the point of driving as though they will. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.32: “In New Hampshire there are more than 30,000 crashes reported each year.”
How this works
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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)