2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXI - MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 265 - RULES OF THE ROAD
Section 265:121 - Driving Motorcycles on Roadways Laned for Traffic.

NH Rev Stat § 265:121 (2015) What's This?

    265:121 Driving Motorcycles on Roadways Laned for Traffic. –
    I. All motorcycles are entitled to the full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane; provided, however, that 2 motorcycles may ride abreast in a single lane.
    II. The driver of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.
    III. No person shall drive a motorcycle on a roadway between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
    IV. Motorcycles shall not be driven more than 2 abreast in a single lane.
    V. Paragraphs II and III shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.
    VI. No person riding upon a motorcycle shall attach himself or the motorcycle to any other vehicle, except a sidecar, on the roadway.

Source. RSA 263:29-e. 1967, 443:1. 1981, 146:1; 479:49, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:01 a.m.


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