Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

The commissioner of transportation is hereby authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to order stop signs erected at such crossings. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to erect such stop signs at such designated crossings where…

Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can…

I. The driver of any vehicle carrying passengers for hire, or of any school bus carrying any school child, or of any vehicle carrying explosive substances, before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet…

The fine for a violation of the provisions of RSA 265:48, RSA 265:49, or RSA 265:50 shall be $100 plus penalty assessment for a first offense and $250 plus penalty assessment for a subsequent offense in a 12-month period.

I. No person shall drive or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal driving speed of 10 or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than 1/2 inch per foot of the distance between any 2 adj…

If any person is convicted of an offense under any provision of RSA 265:50 or 265:51, such person shall be guilty of a violation for the first offense, and, for any subsequent offense committed during any calendar year, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The director m…

I. In addition to the penalties in RSA 265:52, a person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for the period of time specified in paragraph II if he or she is convicted of one of the following offenses at a railroad grade crossing while operating a commercial mo…

The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway, and shall yield the right of way …

I. The driver of a vehicle upon a way upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus, plainly marked with school bus signs or such other distinguishing identification as the director may require, which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or di…

The driver of any vehicle approaching or passing a bus, streetcar, or other vehicle used for transporting passengers, which has been stopped to allow passengers to alight or embark, shall slow down his vehicle and, if necessary for the safety of the public, bring it to a full sto…

No school bus used for the purpose of transporting school children shall be driven upon the ways of the state unless it carries the designation "School Bus" in a conspicuous place showing to the front and rear thereof in lettering not less than 8 inches in height, and has such ot…

I. The driver of a school bus shall decrease speed when approaching a school bus stop and activate the amber warning lights a minimum of 100 feet prior to the stop. II. (a) The driver shall stop the bus as far to the right of the highway as possible, yet remain on the traveled po…

The director shall adopt pursuant to RSA 260:5 and enforce all needful rules to govern the driving of all school buses used for the transportation of school children when owned and driven by any school district, publicly or privately owned, or driven while under contract in this …

Any person who drives a vehicle formerly used as a school bus, as defined in RSA 259:96, on the ways of the state shall cause it to be painted a color readily distinguishable from national school bus chrome yellow.

Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons, teams, vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway when a violation of any of such provisions is reasonably necessary for the completion o…

I. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in work upon the highway within any construction or maintenance area indicated by official traffic control devices. II. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-o…

I. No person shall drive a vehicle on a way at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. In every event speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any pers…

The speed limitations set forth in RSA 265:60 shall not apply to vehicles when driven with due regard for safety under the direction of the peace officers in the chase or apprehension of violators of the law or of persons charged with or suspected of any such violation, nor to fi…

I. Whenever the commissioner of transportation shall determine, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, or in the event of vehicle or weather emergencies, that any prima facie speed limit hereinbefore set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe und…

I. Whenever local authorities in their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering or traffic investigation that the prima facie speed permitted under this chapter is greater or less than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon a way …

I. No person shall drive a vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. Under this provision a minimum speed limit of 45 miles per hour shall be posted …

No person shall drive any motor-driven cycle in the night time at a speed greater than 35 miles per hour unless such motor-driven cycle is equipped with a lighted headlamp or lamps which are adequate to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of 300 feet ahead.

I. No person shall drive a vehicle which is towing a house trailer at a speed greater than a maximum of 45 miles per hour. II. No person shall drive any vehicle equipped with solid rubber or cushion tires at a speed greater than a maximum of 10 miles per hour. III. No person shal…

I. In every charge of violation of any speed regulation in this chapter the complaint shall set forth the manner in which the alleged speed was unreasonable and imprudent or shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and the prima facie speed applica…

I. Upon any way outside of a business or residence district no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the way when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such part of sai…

Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person, except a person driving an emergency vehicle, shall: I. Stop, stand or park a vehicle: (a) On the roadway sid…

I. Testimony under oath with clear photographic evidence from a person with a walking disability pursuant to RSA 261:86 or RSA 261:88 or the driver of a vehicle transporting such a person that a vehicle that does not display a special plate or placard issued or recognized pursuan…

The board or officer having charge of a way or in the case of a state way or way determined by the state highway department to be a through route, the state highway commissioner may issue a permit for the use of construction equipment upon such a way. Such permit shall limit the …

The provisions of RSA 265:69 shall not supersede the provisions of any local ordinance which has been adopted to regulate parking in restricted areas in the compact part of any city or town.

I. Except as otherwise provided in this section every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel to the right-hand curb, or if upon a roadway where there are no curbs sa…

I. No person driving or in charge of a vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key, and effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side …

Any motor vehicle carrying special number plates issued to paraplegic, amputee or blind war veterans pursuant to RSA 261:86 and 87, and any motor vehicle used for a purpose, or by a person, designated by a city council or town meeting, shall be allowed free parking time in any ci…

A parking space on private or public property that is reserved for persons who are disabled shall be marked by a sign affixed to a post or a building. Said sign shall be clearly visible to anyone directly approaching that particular space. Van-accessible spaces shall be allocated…

I. Any motor vehicle carrying the special plates or hanging windshield placard issued to a person with a walking disability under RSA 261:88, or a similar license plate displaying the international accessibility symbol shall be allowed free parking in any city or town, including …

I. No property owner shall: (a) Allow any unreasonable obstruction of any parking place, or access aisle reserved for a person with a walking disability after 24 hours following the conclusion of an adverse weather event. (b) Allow the accumulation of debris or large objects, suc…

I. No person shall drive any vehicle on a highway in any race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, exhibition of speed or acceleration, or for the purpose of making a speed record; and no person shall in any manner particip…

Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 265:75 to the contrary, the selectmen of any town may, upon such conditions as they may specify, permit the holding of time trials of motor vehicles on class V and class VI highways and the director of parks and recreation, department of natu…

No person shall conduct or participate in any competitive bicycle or moped race on any class I, class III, or class III-a highway or on the state-maintained part of any class II highway, unless such race is sponsored by a recognized bicycle or moped organization and the sponsor o…

I. Whoever upon any way drives a vehicle recklessly, or causes a vehicle to be driven recklessly, as defined in RSA 626:2, II(c), or so that the lives or safety of the public shall be endangered, or upon a bet, wager, or race, or who drives a vehicle for the purpose of making a r…

Any person who causes death or serious bodily injury as defined in RSA 625:11, VI to another while using a vessel or propelled vehicle as defined in RSA 637:9, III shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, where such person's negligent operation of the propelled vehicle or vessel…

Whoever upon any way drives a vehicle negligently or causes a vehicle to be driven negligently, as defined in RSA 626:2, II(d), or in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger any person or property shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined not less than $250 nor m…

I. (a) No person, while driving a moving motor vehicle upon a way or temporarily halted in traffic for a traffic control device or other momentary delay, shall use any hand-held mobile electronic device capable of providing voice or data communication, including but not limited t…

I. A person driving an emergency vehicle, as defined in RSA 259:28, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in t…

Each state, county and local law enforcement agency that conducts emergency response and vehicular pursuits shall adopt a written policy or policies that set forth the manner in which these operations shall be conducted. Such policy or policies shall conform to state or national …

I. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any traffic control device applicable thereto placed as provided by law, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this c…

I. (a) Any person whose license is suspended or revoked under this subdivision or RSA 263:96 may request either an administrative review or a hearing. The request shall be in writing and shall state the grounds upon which the person seeks to have the order of suspension or revoca…