Stuck accelerator — Nevada Permit Test
Stuck accelerator on the Nevada permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If the gas pedal sticks, quickly press it hard and release; if it stays stuck, shift to neutral, brake, and pull off to the right.
A stuck pedal keeps the car speeding up toward traffic until the engine is cut off from the wheels.
Quickly press your foot hard against the pedal and release.
When the brakes fail or the gas pedal sticks, never place the vehicle into park.
Jamming a moving car into park can wreck the transmission and lock the wheels, throwing the car out of control.
NEVER place the vehicle into “park.”
On the test
The gas pedal sticks and pressing it hard does not free it. What should you do next?
Shift to neutral. A stuck pedal keeps the car speeding up toward traffic until the engine is cut off from the wheels. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.58: “Quickly press your foot hard against the pedal and release.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Nevada Driver Handbook, published by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pdf (Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pages.txt (plain pdftotext, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV-exam.html (Nevada DMV, Written Knowledge Test page, https://dmv.nv.gov/wtestteens.htm, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.nv.gov/dlhandbook.htm (read 2026-10-04; links the handbook)