Demerit points — New Hampshire Permit Test
Demerit points 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
Accruing excessive demerit points may result in loss of driving privileges, and points may range in size depending on the offense.
Points are how small violations add up into something that costs a license, even though none of them would on its own.
Accruing excessive points may result in loss of driving privileges.
Demerit points are accrued for violations such as speeding, failure to obey traffic lights, driving while intoxicated, improper passing and failure to obey a stop sign.
The list is ordinary driving mistakes rather than rare crimes, which is how a careless driver reaches a suspension without noticing.
Points are accrued for violations such as speeding, failure to obey traffic lights, driving while intoxicated, improper passing and failure to obey a stop sign.
The consequences of accruing demerit points may vary depending on the driver’s age.
A young driver reaches a suspension on fewer points than an older one, so the same two tickets do not cost them the same thing.
The consequences from the accrual of Demerit points may also vary depending on the driver’s age.
On the test
What may follow the accrual of excessive demerit points?
Loss of driving privileges. Points are how small violations add up into something that costs a license, even though none of them would on its own. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.6: “Accruing excessive points may result in loss of driving privileges.”
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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)