Wearing the belt — New Hampshire Permit Test
Wearing the belt on the New Hampshire permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
The shoulder harness is worn across the shoulder and chest with minimal slack, and should not be worn under the arm or behind the back.
Under the arm the belt loads the ribs instead of the collarbone, and behind the back it does nothing at all.
The shoulder harness is worn across the shoulder and chest with minimal, if any slack.
Wearing the shoulder harness the wrong way could cause serious internal injuries in a crash.
A belt in the wrong place concentrates the whole force of a crash on soft parts of the body instead of on bone.
Wearing the harness the wrong way could cause serious internal injuries in a crash.
The lap belt should be adjusted so that it is snug and lies low across the driver’s hips after fastening.
Low across the hips the belt holds against bone. Riding up over the stomach it presses into organs instead.
The lap belt should be adjusted so that it is snug and lies low across the driver’s hips after fastening.
With a lap belt worn wrongly, an operator or passenger could slide out of the belt in a collision, resulting in injury or death.
A belt sitting too high lets the body slide underneath it, which is worse than no belt because it happens at the moment of impact.
in a collision an operator or passenger could slide out of the belt resulting in injury or death.
On the test
Where should the shoulder harness sit?
Across the shoulder and chest. Under the arm the belt loads the ribs instead of the collarbone, and behind the back it does nothing at all. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.11: “The shoulder harness is worn across the shoulder and chest with minimal, if any slack.”
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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)