Traveling with children — Nevada Permit Test
Traveling with children on the Nevada permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Never put an infant in the front seat if the car has a passenger side airbag.
An airbag bursting out at a baby seat hits the baby's head hard enough to kill in a minor crash.
Never put an infant in the front seat if the car has a passenger side airbag.
In a crash, an airbag explodes from the dashboard at 200 mph.
A baby seat in front of the dash takes that blast first, and the seat is driven into the baby's head.
In a crash, the airbag explodes from the dashboard at 200 mph, smashing through the safety seat into the back of the baby’s head.
If an older child must ride in front, move the vehicle seat back as far as possible.
A child sitting close to the dash is hit by the airbag before it has finished opening.
Older children may ride in the front if necessary, but the vehicle seat should be moved back as far as possible.
The back seat generally is the safest place in the car for children.
Most hard hits come from the front, and a child up front sits closest to the crash and the airbag.
The back seat generally is the safest place in the car.
Booster seats and belt-positioning seats raise or position a child so a seat belt can secure them safely.
On a small child a belt rides up on the belly and neck, where a crash can tear the insides.
Booster seats and belt-positioning seats are designed to elevate or position a child so as to allow them to be safely secured with a seat belt.
On the test
Where should an infant never ride in a car with a passenger side airbag?
In the front passenger seat. An airbag bursting out at a baby seat hits the baby's head hard enough to kill in a minor crash. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.26: “Never put an infant in the front seat if the car has a passenger side airbag.”
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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)