Parking securely — New Hampshire Permit Test
Parking securely 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
The law requires drivers to turn off the engine and remove the key when leaving a vehicle unattended.
A running car with the key in it can be taken, or put in gear by somebody who should not be in it.
The law requires drivers to turn off the engine and remove the key when leaving a vehicle unattended.
A driver should place the vehicle in park if it has an automatic transmission, or leave it in gear if it has a manual transmission.
Either one gives the car something holding it besides the brake, which can slip on a slope over hours.
Drivers should place the vehicle in “park” if the vehicle has an automatic transmission or leave it in gear if the vehicle has a manual transmission.
A driver parking on a hill should set the parking brake and turn the wheels into the curb.
Turned wheels mean that if the car does move it rolls into the curb rather than into the road.
Set the parking brake and turn the wheels into the curb if the vehicle is parked on a hill.
A driver should never open a door into traffic.
A door swung into a lane is invisible until it is already there, and a cyclist has no room at all to avoid it.
Never open a door into traffic.
When parking along the roadway a driver should park as far away from the flow of traffic as possible, and as close to the curb as possible if parking near one.
Every inch closer to the curb is an inch of lane given back to the traffic going past.
If parking near a curb, park as close to it as possible.
On the test
What does the law require of a driver leaving a vehicle unattended?
Turning off the engine and removing the key. A running car with the key in it can be taken, or put in gear by somebody who should not be in it. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.28: “The law requires drivers to turn off the engine and remove the key when leaving a vehicle unattended.”
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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)