Emotions — New Hampshire Permit Test
Emotions 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
Being overly worried, excited, afraid, angry or depressed may affect a person’s ability to drive safely.
Strong feeling takes up the attention driving needs, and the driver does not notice because the feeling is what they are attending to.
Being overly worried, excited, afraid, angry or depressed may affect a person’s ability to drive safely.
A driver should take time to calm down before getting behind the wheel, and a short walk or nap may help.
The feeling passes faster standing still than it does at fifty miles an hour, and the trip will still be there afterward.
A driver should take time to calm down before getting behind the wheel.
A driver can avoid stressful situations by leaving a few minutes early and planning for traffic congestion or poor weather.
Most road rage starts with being late. Five minutes of margin removes the reason to take a risk.
Avoid stressful situations by leaving a few minutes early and plan for traffic congestion and/or poor weather conditions.
On the test
Which of these may affect a person’s ability to drive safely?
Being overly worried, excited, afraid, angry or depressed. Strong feeling takes up the attention driving needs, and the driver does not notice because the feeling is what they are attending to. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.9: “Being overly worried, excited, afraid, angry or depressed may affect a person’s ability to drive safely.”
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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)