Hot vehicles — New Hampshire Permit Test
Hot vehicles on the New Hampshire permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 39 children died of heatstroke in 2024 because of being left in hot vehicles.
It is not a rare accident and it is not only careless parents. The number is why the reminder appears in a driving manual at all.
39 children died of heatstroke in 2024 because of being left in hot vehicles.
In warm weather a vehicle begins to heat up immediately after being turned off, and it takes only minutes to reach dangerous temperatures.
The margin people imagine they have does not exist. The car is dangerous before a quick errand is finished.
It takes only minutes for vehicles to reach dangerous temperatures.
A driver should make it a habit to check the entire vehicle, especially the back seat, before locking the doors and walking away.
A sleeping child in a rear-facing seat is out of sight from the front, so the check has to be a habit rather than a decision.
Make it a habit to check your entire vehicle
A driver should place a personal item such as a purse or briefcase in the back seat, as another reminder to look before locking the vehicle.
The trick works because you cannot leave without the bag, so the bag makes you turn around and look at the seat beside it.
Place a personal item like a purse or briefcase in the back seat, as another reminder to look before you lock.
A driver should store car keys and fobs out of a child’s reach and teach children that a vehicle is not a play area.
Children get into hot cars on their own as well as being left in them, and a key within reach is how that starts.
Store car keys and fobs out of a child’s reach and teach children that a vehicle is not a play area.
On the test
How many children died of heatstroke in vehicles in 2024?
39 children. It is not a rare accident and it is not only careless parents. The number is why the reminder appears in a driving manual at all. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.10: “39 children died of heatstroke in 2024 because of being left in hot vehicles.”
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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)