Stranded in a storm — Vermont Permit Test
Stranded in a storm on the Vermont permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If you are caught in a blizzard or stranded, pull off the highway, turn on the hazard lights and hang a distress flag from the door handle, an antenna or a window.
A snow covered car at the roadside looks like a snowbank, and the flag is what says somebody is in it.
Turn on hazard lights and hang a distress flag from the door handle, an antenna or window.
Remain in your vehicle, where rescuers are most likely to find you. Do not set out on foot unless you can see a building close by, because distances are distorted by blowing snow.
A building that looks close through blowing snow can be far enough to kill you on the way.
Remain in your vehicle where rescuers are most likely to find you.
Run the engine and heater about 10 minutes each hour to keep warm. Open a downwind window slightly for ventilation while the engine runs, and keep snow clear of the exhaust pipe.
A blocked exhaust fills the car with carbon monoxide, and you cannot smell it happening.
Run the engine and heater about 10 minutes each hour to keep warm.
On the test
What should a stranded driver hang from the vehicle?
A distress flag, from a handle, antenna or window. A snow covered car at the roadside looks like a snowbank, and the flag is what says somebody is in it. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.47: “Turn on hazard lights and hang a distress flag from the door handle, an antenna or window.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, published by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pdf (2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, form VN-007, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 1, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)