Title XXI, Motor Vehicles

I. No person less than 18 years of age may drive or ride upon a motorcycle or autocycle unless he or she wears protective headgear of a type approved by the director. Such headgear shall be equipped with either a neck or chin strap. II. The director is hereby authorized and empow…

If a motorcycle is not equipped with a windshield or screen which protects the driver's eyes and face when the driver is sitting erect, the driver shall wear either eyeglasses, goggles or a protective face shield when driving the motorcycle while the motorcycle is in motion.

No person shall operate a pocket bike upon any way or allow a pocket bike owned by him or her to be operated upon any way. No pocket bike shall be issued a vehicle registration or certificate or title.

Every seller of pocket bikes shall provide a written disclosure to buyers at the time of purchase that advises buyers that their existing insurance policies may not provide coverage for these devices and that they should contact their insurance agent or company to determine if co…

When lane use control signals are placed over individual lanes, said signals shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles as follows: I. Green indication-vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown; II. Steady yellow indication-vehicular traffic…

Any person who is dead, unconscious, or who is otherwise in a condition rendering him or her incapable of refusing shall be deemed not to have withdrawn the consent provided by RSA 265-A:4 and the test or tests may be administered. The provisions of RSA 265-A:8 shall not apply to…

I. No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any way any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movemen…

[Paragraph I effective until January 1, 2027; see also paragraph I set out below.] I. If a person under arrest for any violation or misdemeanor under RSA 265 or RSA 215-A refuses upon the request of a law enforcement officer, authorized agent, or peace officer to submit to physic…

I. Every person propelling a vehicle by human power or riding a bicycle shall have all of the rights and be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under the rules of the road, except as provided in paragraph II and as to special regulations in …

Every driver of a vehicle, when approaching a bicyclist, shall insure the safety and protection of the bicyclist and shall exercise due care by leaving a reasonable and prudent distance between the vehicle and the bicycle. The distance shall be presumed to be reasonable and prude…

I. A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the bicycle. II. No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped. III. No person riding upon any bi…

I. Except as otherwise provided in this section, electric bicycles and operators of electric bicycles shall be afforded all the rights and privileges, and shall be subject to all of the duties, of a bicycle or the operator of a bicycle. An electric bicycle is a vehicle to the sam…

No person riding a motorcycle, bicycle, moped, coaster, sled, skateboard, or toy vehicle, or wearing roller skates, shall hold fast to, or hitch onto any streetcar, or any other vehicle moving upon a way.

The mayor of a city, or selectmen of a town, may, in their discretion, upon any special occasion, grant permits to any persons to ride bicycles or mopeds, at any rate of speed, for a time not exceeding one day upon specified portions of the public ways of such city or town, and m…

Upon petition of 5 or more legal voters, the selectmen of a town or the mayor of a city, upon notice and hearing, shall have the power to include within the foregoing provisions, sidewalks outside the compact part of the town or city that are built or improved by said town or cit…

Any city or town shall have the power to make ordinances, bylaws or regulations respecting the use and equipment of bicycles, except mopeds as defined in RSA 259:57, on its ways, provided that any such ordinances, bylaws or regulations enacted with respect to such equipment shall…

I. No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down other than accidentally, remove, or possess any of the following items, or any part thereof, which have been previously installed by lawful authority: (a) Any official control de…

I. Any law enforcement officer, authorized agent, or peace officer, who has been certified by the police standards and training council according to standards for such certification contained in rules adopted by said council pursuant to RSA 541-A, having reasonable grounds to bel…

Any person violating the provisions of RSA 265:145 or any ordinance, bylaw, or rule made under the provisions of RSA 265:149, shall be deprived of his bicycle or moped by the law enforcement agents until such provisions and requirements have been complied with.

Prosecutions under this subdivision shall be instituted within 60 days from the time the offense was committed.

I. A person may park a bicycle on a sidewalk unless prohibited or restricted by an official traffic control device. II. A bicycle parked on a sidewalk shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic. III. A person shall not park a bicycle on a r…

I. Any person violating the provisions of this subdivision or of any ordinance, bylaw or rule made under the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation. II. The maximum fine for a violation of RSA 265:144, X shall be $35 for each occurrence. III. The fine for a…

At no time when a vehicle is in tow by a wrecker shall the towed vehicle be occupied by any person, unless directed by a police officer. Any person guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a violation.

In this section: I. "Funeral procession" means 2 or more vehicles accompanying the body of a deceased person, or traveling to the church, chapel, or other location at which the funeral service is to be held, in the daylight hour, including a funeral lead vehicle or a funeral esco…

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply: I. The operator of a funeral lead vehicle shall comply with stop signs, yield signs, and traffic control signals. When the funeral lead vehicle has proceeded across an intersectio…

I. Operators of vehicles not a part of the funeral procession may not form a procession and have the vehicle's headlights lighted for the purpose of securing the right-of-way granted by this subdivision to funeral processions. No driver of a vehicle not part of the funeral proces…

No person shall operate a neighborhood electric vehicle except on a way where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. This section shall not prohibit a person from operating a neighborhood electric vehicle across an intersection with a way that has a posted speed lim…

Transporters of manufactured or modular housing shall be responsible for causing the least possible inconvenience to other traffic by using every opportunity to allow following traffic to pass. If traffic buildup behind the transporting unit becomes 6 or more vehicles, the entire…

When a collision, boating accident, or OHRV accident results in death or serious bodily injury to any person, all drivers or operators involved, whether living or deceased, and all deceased vehicle, boat, or OHRV occupants and pedestrians involved shall be tested for evidence of …

I. Upon all roadways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows: (a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement; (b) When an obstruction exists makin…

No person shall operate a utility vehicle, including an agricultural/industrial utility vehicle as defined in RSA 259:2-a, a compact utility tractor, as defined in RSA 259:13-a, or an off highway recreational vehicle as defined in RSA 259:69, except on a way where the posted spee…

A person may operate a utility vehicle, including an off highway recreational vehicle as defined in RSA 259:69, across any way, except for an interstate highway, toll road, or other multi-lane divided highway where the operation of such vehicle is not otherwise prohibited by law,…

I. A personal delivery device or mobile carrier may operate on sidewalks and crosswalks. A personal delivery device or mobile carrier operating on a sidewalk or crosswalk has all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, except that the person…

I. Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction, each driver shall give to the other at least 1/2 of the main-traveled portion of the roadway as nea…

Notwithstanding any other statutory provision of law to the contrary, a law enforcement officer may, without a warrant, arrest any person involved in a traffic accident, OHRV accident, or boating accident when the officer has probable cause to believe that such person has committ…

I. Except as otherwise provided in this section: (a) Any person who is convicted of any offense under RSA 265-A:2, I shall be: (1) Guilty of a class B misdemeanor; (2) Fined not less than $500; (3) Referred by the court to an IDCMP and, if a first-time offender, required to submi…

The following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction, subject to those limitations, exceptions and special rules hereinafter stated: I. The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pa…

The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass on the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions: I. When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn; II. Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for 2 or more lines of vehicl…

I. Any person convicted of a violation of RSA 265-A:2, II or RSA 630:2 or RSA 630:3, or RSA 631:1, RSA 631:2, RSA 631:2-a, or RSA 631:3 when the offense was committed by means of his or her operation or attempted operation of a boat shall not operate a boat on the waters of this …

I. No person shall drive or attempt to drive a vehicle upon any way or operate or attempt to operate an OHRV: (a) While such person is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any controlled drug, prescription drug, over-the-counter drug, or any other chemical substance, nat…

Unless otherwise declared in this chapter with respect to particular offenses, any person who commits any act forbidden or fails to perform any act required in this chapter shall be guilty of a violation.

No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless authorized by the provisions of this chapter and unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for…

Any person who is convicted of a violation of RSA 265-A:2, I involving a motor vehicle shall lose the privilege to operate a motorboat on the waters of this state for a period of one year from the date of conviction. Any person who is convicted of a violation of RSA 265-A:3 shall…

I. No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions: (a) When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the driver's view is obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard in the event another…

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 651:5, no court shall order an annulment of any record of conviction of driving or attempting to drive a vehicle upon any way or driving, operating, attempting to operate, or being in actual physical control of an OHRV or operating or atte…

I. The commissioner of transportation and, subject to his approval, selectmen of any town or board of mayor and aldermen or group having similar powers in any city, having control of any highway may order such marking of ways, by painted lines, as is deemed necessary to the safe …