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NH Rev Stat § 265:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:48 - Obedience to Signal Indicating Approach of Train.

    265:48 Obedience to Signal Indicating Approach of Train. –||I. Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when:||(a) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train;||(b) A crossing gate is lowered or a flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train;||(c) A railroad train approaching within approximately 1500 feet of the way crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard;||(d) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing.||II. No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing or barrier at a railroad crossing while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.|||Source. RSA 262-A:45. 1963, 330:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:49 - All Vehicles Must Stop at Certain Railroad Grade Crossings.

    265:49 All Vehicles Must Stop at Certain Railroad Grade Crossings. –||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 said highways are under his jurisdiction. Local communities shall when ordered by commissioner erect such stop signs on highways within their jurisdiction. When such stop signs are erected the driver of any vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only upon exercising due care.|||Source. RSA 262-A:46. 1963, 330:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:50 - Certain Vehicles Must Stop at All Railroad Grade Crossings.

    265:50 Certain Vehicles Must Stop at All Railroad Grade Crossings. –||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 from the nearest rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train, except as hereinafter provided, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. After stopping as required herein and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so the driver of any said vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for changing gears while traversing such crossing and the driver shall not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.||II. No stop need be made at any such crossing when a police officer or a traffic control signal directs traffic to proceed, or by vehicles engaged in the common or contract carriage of passengers for hire, or school buses transporting school students, when such vehicles or buses are exempt by order of the commissioner of transportation.||III. Every vehicle used for the transportation of flammable liquids in cargo tanks, whether loaded or empty, or for the transportation of cylinders of liquified petroleum gas shall, upon approaching any railroad grade crossing, be brought to a full stop not more than 50 feet and not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such grade crossing, and shall not proceed until due caution has been taken to ascertain that the course is clear, except that a full stop need not be made at a railroad grade crossing where a police officer or a traffic control signal (not a railroad flashing signal) directs traffic to proceed; nor at an abandoned or exempted grade crossing which is clearly marked as such by or with the consent of the proper state authority, when such marking can be read from the driver's position.||IV. The term "cylinders of liquefied petroleum gas" as used in this section, shall not be deemed to include the following:||(a) Portable jugs of the nature used by tradesmen such as steamfitters, painters, plumbers, etc.; or||(b) Bottled gas cylinders when attached to house trailers in transit.|||Source. 1939, 69:1. RL 119:19. RSA 263:38. 1949, 127:1. RSA 263:78. 1961, 72:1. 1963, 330:1. RSA 262-A:47. 1981, 146:1. 1985, 213:20, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:50-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:50-a - Failure to Stop at Railroad Crossings; Fine.

    265:50-a Failure to Stop at Railroad Crossings;  Fine. –||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.|||Source. 2005, 177:30, eff. July 1, 2005. 2015, 202:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:51 - Moving Heavy Equipment at Railroad Grade Crossing.

    265:51 Moving Heavy Equipment at Railroad Grade Crossing. –||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 adjacent axles or in any event of less than 9 inches, measured above the level surface of a roadway, upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with this section.||II. Notice of any such intended crossing shall be given to a station agent of such railroad and a reasonable time be given to such railroad to provide proper protection at such crossing.||III. Before making any such crossing the person driving or moving any such vehicle or equipment shall first stop the same not less than 15 feet nor more than 50 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track for any approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of a train, and shall not proceed until the crossing can be made safely.||IV. No such crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagman or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or car. If a flagman is provided by the railroad, movement over the crossing shall be under his direction.||V. Any person violating this section shall be fined $125 plus penalty assessment for a first offense and $250 plus penalty assessment for a subsequent offense in a 12-month period.|||Source. RSA 262-A:48. 1963, 330:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. 2015, 202:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:52 - Penalty for Violation of Railroad Crossing Provision.

    265:52 Penalty for Violation of Railroad Crossing Provision. –||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 may revoke such person's driver's license and no new license shall be issued to such person for at least 90 days after the date of such revocation.|||Source. RSA 262-A:49. 1963, 330:1. 1973, 528:141; 529:48. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:52-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:52-a - Penalty for Violation of Railroad Crossing Provision by Commercial Drivers.

    265:52-a Penalty for Violation of Railroad Crossing Provision by Commercial Drivers. –||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 motor vehicle in violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation:||(a) For commercial drivers who are not required to stop at all railroad grade crossings, failing to slow down and check that the tracks are clear of an approaching train.||(b) For commercial drivers who are not required to stop at all railroad grade crossings, failing to stop before reaching the crossing, if the tracks are not clear.||(c) For commercial drivers who are required to stop at all railroad grade crossings, failing to stop before driving onto the crossing.||(d) For all commercial drivers, failing to have sufficient space to drive completely through the crossing without stopping.||(e) For all commercial drivers, failing to obey a traffic control device or the directions of a law enforcement officer at the crossing.||(f) For all commercial drivers, failing to negotiate a crossing because of insufficient undercarriage clearance.||II. A person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of:||(a) Not less than 60 days if the driver is convicted of or is found to have committed a first offense of a railroad grade crossing violation.||(b) Not less than 120 days if the driver is convicted of a second railroad grade crossing violation in separate incidents within a 3-year period.||(c) Not less that one year if the driver is convicted of a third or subsequent railroad grade crossing violation in separate incidents within a 3-year period.|||Source. 2010, 95:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:53 - Emerging From Alley, Driveway or Building.

    265:53 Emerging From Alley, Driveway or Building. –||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 to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on said roadway.|||Source. RSA 262-A:51. 1963, 330:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:55 - Approaching Buses, Etc.

    265:55 Approaching Buses, Etc. –||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 stop.|||Source. 1915, 129:6. 1921, 119:11. PL 103:12. 1935, 107:1. RL 119:21. RSA 263:42. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:56 - School Bus Signs.

    265:56 School Bus Signs. –||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 other distinguishing marks as the director may prescribe. When a school bus is being driven upon a way for purposes other than the transportation of school children, all designating marks thereon indicating school bus shall be covered or concealed.|||Source. 1935, 107:2. RL 119:13. 1949, 114:2. 1951, 20:9. RSA 263:25. 1961, 251:1. 1963, 330:1. RSA 262-A:53. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:57 - Driving of School Buses.

    265:57 Driving of School Buses. –||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 portion of the roadway. If facilities and stopping areas are available, the school bus shall be stopped completely off the highway.||(b) The bus shall be stopped in a position at least 10 feet from the students or in a position which allows students to cross at least 10 feet in front of the bus.||III. As the driver approaches a school bus stop, the driver shall check oncoming traffic, traffic to the rear of the school bus, and traffic to both sides of the school bus to ascertain whether traffic is stopping. When the school bus has come to a complete stop and it is safe to take on or discharge students, the driver shall open the service door and thereby activate the red flashing lights.||IV. If the school bus is equipped with strobe lights, the strobe lights shall be kept in continuous operation at all times throughout the regular route, home-to-school and school-to-home.||V. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $250.|||Source. RSA 263:38-a. 1961, 251:7. 1981, 146:1; 479:11, 42. 2001, 81:1. 2005, 177:33, eff. July 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:58 - School Bus Driving Rules.

    265:58 School Bus Driving Rules. –||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 state. The rules shall also apply to buses owned or used by a religious organization or a nonprofit organization used exclusively as a bus for the transportation of the organization's members in connection with functions of the organization.|||Source. 1951, 113:1. RSA 263:39. 1981, 146:1. 1989, 305:9, eff. July 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:59 - Vehicle Formerly Used as School Bus to be Repainted.

    265:59 Vehicle Formerly Used as School Bus to be Repainted. –||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.|||Source. RSA 262-A:53-a. 1969, 3:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:61 - Speed Exception.

    265:61 Speed Exception. –||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 fire department or fire patrol vehicles when traveling in response to a fire alarm, nor to public or private ambulances or other emergency vehicles when traveling in emergencies. This exemption shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.|||Source. 1937, 125:2. RL 119:33. RSA 263:57. 1959, 179:1. 1963, 330:1. RSA 262-A:55. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:63 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:63 - Alteration of Limits.

    265:63 Alteration of Limits. –||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 or part of a way, the local authority may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie limit thereon which:||(a) Decreases the limit at intersections;||(b) Increases the limit within an urban district but not to more than 60 miles per hour;||(c) Decreases the limit outside an urban district but not to less than 25 miles per hour; or||(d) Decreases the limit within any business or urban residence district but not to less than 25 miles per hour.||II. Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall determine by an engineering or traffic investigation the proper prima facie speed for all arterial streets and shall declare a reasonable and safe prima facie limit thereon which may be greater or less than the prima facie speed permitted hereunder for an urban district.||II-a. Local authorities shall not be required to hire outside consultants to determine the proper prima facie speed limits as provided in paragraphs I and II if the local community has sufficient staff to conduct the required engineering or traffic investigation.||III. Any altered limit established as hereinabove authorized shall be effective at all times or during hours of darkness or at other times as may be determined when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon such street or way.||IV. Any alteration of limits on state highways or extensions thereof in a municipality by local authorities shall not be effective until such alteration has been approved by the commissioner of transportation.||V. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, local authorities shall modify the speed limits authorized herein so that said speed limits shall not exceed the temporary prima facie speed limits established for the state highway system under RSA 265:62, II, so long as the same are in effect.|||Source. RSA 262-A:56-a. 1965, 335:3. 1974, 45:10. 1981, 146:1. 1989, 306:1. 1990, 74:1, 2, eff. June 9, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:64 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:64 - Minimum Speed Regulation.

    265:64 Minimum Speed Regulation. –||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 and prevail on the interstate highway system in the state.||II. Whenever the commissioner of transportation determines on the basis of engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any part of a way consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, said commissioner may determine and declare a minimum prima facie speed limit.|||Source. 1937, 125:2. RL 119:31. RSA 263:55. 1955, 119:1. 1963, 330:1. RSA 262-A:57. 1971, 202:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:65 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:65 - Special Speed Limitation on Motor-driven Cycles.

    265:65 Special Speed Limitation on Motor-driven Cycles. –||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.|||Source. RSA 262-A:58. 1963, 330:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:66 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:66 - Special Speed Limitations.

    265:66 Special Speed Limitations. –||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 shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a way at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is signposted as provided in this section.||IV. The commissioner of transportation upon request from any local authority shall, or upon his own initiative may, conduct an investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and if he shall thereupon find that such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this chapter, said commissioner shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such structure can safely withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected and maintained at a distance of 100 feet before each end of such structure.||V. Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this section, proof of said determination of the maximum speed by said commissioner and the existence of said signs shall constitute conclusive evidence of the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure.|||Source. RSA 262-A:59. 1963, 330:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:67 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:67 - Charging Violations and Rule in Civil Actions.

    265:67 Charging Violations and Rule in Civil Actions. –||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 applicable within the district or at the location.||II. The provision of this chapter declaring prima facie speed limitations shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any action from the burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of an accident.|||Source. RSA 262-A:60. 1963, 330:1. 1965, 80:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 265:68 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Motor Vehicles|Title 265 - Rules of the Road|Section 265:68 - Stopping, Standing or Parking Outside Business or Residence Districts.

    265:68 Stopping, Standing or Parking Outside Business or Residence Districts. –||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 said way, but in every event an unobstructed width of the way opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and clear view of such stopped vehicles shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such way.||II. This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled portion of a way in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.|||Source. 1927, 76:3. RL 119:26. 1949, 136:1. RSA 263:50. 1963, 330:1. RSA 262-A:70. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.|