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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:61 - Distress Signals for Persons With Disabilities.

266:61 Distress Signals for Persons With Disabilities. –
I. The director shall make available, at no cost to the state, and shall design and approve, a flag or other suitable distress signal to be used by persons with disabilities, or by drivers holding walking disability identification cards. The distress signal may be displayed in an emergency only. It shall be displayed from the driver's left front window.
II. Any natural person who is not a person with a disability or who does not hold a walking disability identification card or any other person who uses the flag mentioned above as a distress signal or for any other purpose or who violates any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.
Source.
RSA 260:18-b. 1965, 203:1. 1973, 530:36. 1981, 146:1. 1990, 140:2, VI, VII, eff. June 18, 1990.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:61-a - Equipment Waiver for Disabled.

266:61-a Equipment Waiver for Disabled. –
I. Any person with a disability who is inconvenienced by any provision of this title requiring or prohibiting the use of certain equipment on a motor vehicle may apply to the department for a waiver of said provision.
II. Within 20 days of receiving such application, the commissioner or his designee shall respond to the applicant either granting the waiver or denying it.
III. In deciding whether or not to grant the waiver, the commissioner or his designee shall balance the inconvenience to the applicant against the importance of the provision sought to be waived and the safety of the general public. The commissioner or his designee may require an inspection or demonstration or both of the modified or new equipment which the applicant seeks to use. For the purposes of such investigation or demonstration the commissioner or his designee may grant a temporary waiver.
IV. If the application is denied, the commissioner or his designee shall state in writing the reasons for the denial. Any person whose application has been denied shall have the right to appeal pursuant to RSA 541.
V. If the waiver is granted, the department shall issue an equipment permit to the applicant. Such permit shall be kept in the vehicle while the equipment for which the waiver was sought is being used.
VI. The commissioner or his designee may attach whatever conditions he deems necessary to the granting of the waiver. Such conditions shall be noted on the permit.
VII. The waiver granted by the commissioner or his designee shall be for a period not to exceed 2 years; except in any case where a licensed physician documents a lasting medical necessity, in which case the waiver shall be for a period not to exceed 4 years. The applicant may reapply for the waiver before such period expires.
VIII. The commissioner shall have the authority to adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:
(a) The information to be contained on the application for a waiver;
(b) The information to be contained on the permit;
(c) The standards used to determine whether or not to grant the waiver; and
(d) Restrictions on the use or operation of the motor vehicle and the documentation of such restrictions on the permit.
IX. The commissioner may waive the requirements of RSA 266:58-a and issue a special permit to a person who for bona fide medical reasons requires after market tinting on the windshield and who applies for such permit. Such waiver shall be granted in accordance with this section and shall only authorize the use of after market tinted windows with a light transmittance of not less than 70 percent. In reviewing the application for a permit under this paragraph, the commissioner may seek the advice and recommendation of a medical review board designated by him or her for such purpose.
Source.
1981, 292:2. 1990, 44:2, 3; 140:2, II, X. 2008, 282:9, eff. Aug. 26, 2008. 2021, 185:3, eff. Oct. 9, 2021. 2022, 33:1, eff. July 2, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:62 - School Bus Design Rules.

266:62 School Bus Design Rules. –
The director shall adopt pursuant to RSA 260:5 and enforce all needful rules to govern the design of all school buses used for the transportation of school children when owned and operated by any school district, publicly or privately owned, or operated while under contract in this state.
Source.
1951, 113:1. RSA 263:39. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:62-a - Motor Vehicles Manufactured 60 Years or Older.

266:62-a Motor Vehicles Manufactured 60 Years or Older. –
Any motor vehicle whose model year is 60 years or older shall be exempt from all motor vehicle equipment and inspection requirements if the motor vehicle is equipped as it was manufactured or in accordance with the motor vehicle's original equipment specifications.
Source.
2007, 327:1. 2010, 47:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:63 - Trailer Breakaway Safety Chains.

266:63 Trailer Breakaway Safety Chains. –
Every trailer or semi-trailer including farm and agricultural vehicles shall have, in addition to the tow-bar or coupling device, a safety chain or cable to prevent breakaway from the towing vehicle. Each chain or cable shall have an ultimate strength at least equal to the gross weight of the trailer and load being towed. Chains or cables shall be connected to the towed and towing vehicle to prevent the tow-bar from dropping to the ground in the event the tow-bar fails. This provision shall not apply to:
I. Truck-tractor and semi-trailer units equipped with fifth wheel mechanisms;
II. Full trailers being driven as part of a truck-tractor, semi-trailer, or full trailer unit when the full trailer is attached to the semi-trailer by means of a converter dolly or fifth wheel mechanism;
III. Trailers being towed by motorcycles; or
IV. Farm implements towed behind farm tractors, if the hitch pin used to connect such implement to the tractor has an ultimate strength at least equal to the gross weight of the implement and is fitted with a safety clip or lock mechanism to prevent dislodging of the pin by vibration or shock in conformance to standards of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Source.
RSA 263:7-a. 1955, 295:3. 1981, 146:1. 1983, 434:18. 1987, 404:12. 1988, 32:1, eff. May 23, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:64 - Tow Bars Required.

266:64 Tow Bars Required. –
Except for duly registered wrecking vehicles and transporters or motor vehicles towing with a chain or cable for no more than one mile another motor vehicle which is disabled and unable to proceed under its own power, no motor vehicle shall be used to tow another motor vehicle upon any way unless the 2 vehicles shall be connected by a tow bar of sufficient strength to control the movement of the vehicle being towed without manual steering of said towed vehicle.
Source.
RSA 263:91. 1967, 232:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:65 - Wood-Sawing Equipment on Vehicles.

266:65 Wood-Sawing Equipment on Vehicles. –
No vehicle carrying wood-sawing equipment shall be driven on the ways of this state when the saw is on the arbor ready for use, unless such saw is covered with a suitable wooden guard.
Source.
1939, 124:1. RL 119:39. RSA 263:67. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:66 - Binding Devices.

266:66 Binding Devices. –
No motor truck, trailer or semi-trailer, while being used to transport a load of logs, lumber or timber, the height of which with load is greater than 8 feet and the length of whose load is greater than 8 feet shall be driven on the ways of this state unless each such load on each such unit is bound by 3 chains, or wire ropes, or steel cables, or steel straps or nylon webbing devices together with binders. Chains shall be made of not less than
3/8 inch wire; wire ropes, steel cables, steel straps or nylon webbing devices shall have a capacity of at least 2,750 pounds working load limit as rated by the manufacturer. All chains, wire ropes, steel cables, steel straps or nylon webbing devices used to secure the above loads shall be bound firmly in place and properly spaced to secure the load.
Source.
1949, 151:1. RSA 263:68. 1973, 5:2. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:67 - Binder Devices on Vehicles Carrying Wood Products Other Than Logs and Sawed Long Lumber.

266:67 Binder Devices on Vehicles Carrying Wood Products Other Than Logs and Sawed Long Lumber. –
No motor truck, trailer, or semi-trailer, while being used to transport pulpwood, boltwood or any wood product, other than long logs or sawed long lumber, shall be driven on the ways of this state unless the last tier or row or both are bound by a chain, wire rope, steel cable, steel strap or nylon webbing device together with a binder to adequately secure the load. Chains shall be made of not less than
3/8 inch wire; wire ropes, steel cables, steel straps or nylon webbing devices shall have a capacity of at least 2,750 pounds working load limit as rated by the manufacturer. No wood product other than logs or sawed long lumber shall be piled higher than the truck stakes unless bound by a chain, wire rope, steel cable, steel strap or nylon webbing device together with a binder to adequately secure the load.
Source.
RSA 263:68-a. 1955, 122:1. 1973, 5:3. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:68 - Binder Ropes on Vehicles Carrying Baled Hay.

266:68 Binder Ropes on Vehicles Carrying Baled Hay. –
I. No motor truck, trailer or semi-trailer while being used to transport baled hay shall be operated on the highways of this state unless the loads of baled hay, baled straw, or other baled products shall be solidly packed while in transit. Loading methods shall result in completely tying the load together by alternating bale lengths and interlocking tiers.
II. Such loads shall be fastened securely to the vehicle by not less than 2 longitudinal rope binders from front to the back of vehicles, and by not less than 4 cross binders in addition to the longitudinal binders, binders to be of at least
3/4 inch diameter knot and rot-free manila rope.
III. The provisions of paragraphs I and II shall not apply to a local farmer transporting his own baled products incidental to his farming operations where such transportation requires the use of the highways; provided, however, that nothing herein shall relieve such farmer from loading and securing such bales in a safe manner.
Source.
RSA 263:68-b. 1955, 122:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:69 - Binder Chains on Vehicles Carrying Junk Motor Vehicles.

266:69 Binder Chains on Vehicles Carrying Junk Motor Vehicles. –
No vehicle while being used to transport junk motor vehicles shall be driven on the ways of this state, unless each such load on each such unit is bound by 3 chains and binders, said chains made of not less than
3/8 inch wire, and unless said chains and binders are held firmly in place and are properly spaced to secure the load.
Source.
RSA 263:68-c. 1969, 190:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:70 - Securing Construction Equipment on Vehicles.

266:70 Securing Construction Equipment on Vehicles. –
I. No motor truck, trailer or semi-trailer, while being used to transport construction equipment, shall be driven on the ways of the state unless such load on each such unit is bound by:
(a) Not less than 2 chains and binders made of not less than
3/8 inch wire; or
(b) Not less than 2 steel cables and binders; or
(c) Not less than 2 turnbuckles of comparable strength to the devices in subparagraphs (a) and (b).
II. Such chains, cables or turnbuckles shall be held firmly in place and shall be properly placed to secure the load.
Source.
RSA 263:68-d. 1977, 476:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:71 - Vehicles Transporting Pulpwood.

266:71 Vehicles Transporting Pulpwood. –
Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 266:12, a motor vehicle or trailer transporting pulpwood or boltwood may be driven on any way or bridge if the width of the load does not exceed 102 inches if said vehicles and trailers are equipped with:
I. A strip 3 inches thick extending along the sides of the platform securely fastened to the platform so that the load shall pitch to the center of vehicle;
II. Solid-boarded tailboard of 5 stakes evenly spaced of sufficient strength to maintain the weight of the load and such load at no place along its length is higher than the tailboard or stakes;
III. A chain, wire rope, steel cable, or steel strap or nylon webbing binding each tier or row or both, together with a binder to adequately secure the load to the body. Chains shall be made of not less than
3/8 inch wire; wire ropes, steel cables, steel straps or nylon webbing devices shall have a capacity of at least 2,750 pounds working load limit as rated by the manufacturer.
Source.
RSA 263:65-a. 1957, 38:1. 1973, 5:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:73 - Sirens.

266:73 Sirens. –
It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle to be driven on the ways of this state equipped with a siren. The provisions of this section shall not apply to such emergency vehicles as police, fire department, fire patrol, and state department of corrections vehicles nor to those law enforcement officers or volunteer members of fire departments nor to public or private ambulances.
Source.
1939, 162:1. RL 119:6. RSA 263:8. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. 2019, 156:2, eff. Aug. 30, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:75 - Image Display Device.

266:75 Image Display Device. –
I. In this section, "image display device" means equipment capable of displaying rapidly changing images as follows:
(a) A broadcast television image or similar entertainment content transmitted by other wireless means to the equipment; or
(b) A dynamic visual image, other than text, from a digital video disc or other storage device.
II. Except as provided in paragraph IV, no person shall drive a motor vehicle while viewing a broadcast television image or a visual image from an image display device when the vehicle is in motion on a way.
III. Except as provided in paragraph IV, no person shall drive a motor vehicle with an image display device intended to be visible to the driver in a normal driving position when the vehicle is in motion and when restrained by the vehicle seat belts adjusted in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.
IV. Paragraphs II and III shall not apply to:
(a) Emergency vehicles.
(b) Image display devices that are displaying images that provide the driver with navigation and related traffic, road, and weather information.
(c) Image display devices providing vehicle information, controls, or information related to the driving task.
(d) Image display devices used to enhance or supplement the driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of the motor vehicle.
(e) Image display devices that permit the driver to monitor vehicle occupants seated rearward of the driver.
(f) Image display devices that do not display images to the driver while the vehicle is in motion.
(g) Any use of an image display device while a vehicle is parked.
(h) Any image display device for displaying information intended to enhance traffic awareness.
(i) Image display devices that permit the driver to monitor horses or livestock in a vehicle intended to carry horses or livestock, or in a trailer being towed by the vehicle.
Source.
1949, 45:1. RSA 263:9. 1981, 146:1. 2011, 136:1, eff. June 7, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:76 - Motorcycle With Sidecar.

266:76 Motorcycle With Sidecar. –
Every motorcycle equipped with a sidecar, when on the ways of this state at night, shall display 2 lighted lamps on the front as required for motor vehicles.
Source.
1921, 119:6. PL 103:7. RL 119:11. RSA 263:21. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:77 - Handlebars.

266:77 Handlebars. –
It shall be illegal to drive a motorcycle with improvised, defective, or repaired handlebars.
Source.
RSA 263:29-a. 1967, 443:1. 1975, 422:1. 1981, 146:1. 2002, 30:1, eff. June 7, 2002. 2017, 48:1, eff. July 11, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78 - Footrests and Mirrors.

266:78 Footrests and Mirrors. –
Every motorcycle driven upon the ways of this state shall have footrests for each person driving or riding upon the same and a rear view mirror. Three-wheel scooters with enclosed cabs shall be exempt from the requirements for footrests.
Source.
RSA 263:29-g. 1969, 2:1. 1981, 146:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-a - Definitions.

266:78-a Definitions. –
I. In this section:
(a) "Emergency light" means a steady burning, oscillating, rotating, or flashing red or blue colored light.
(b) "Warning light" means a steady burning, oscillating, rotating, or flashing amber light or arrow board or white colored light.
II. Original equipment or aftermarket amber or white directional signals and red tail lamps and stop lamps used to signal turns and as hazard warning lamps shall be excluded from the definition of emergency lights and warning lights.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-b - Blue Lights Restricted to Law Enforcement, State Department of Corrections, and Emergency Response.

266:78-b Blue Lights Restricted to Law Enforcement, State Department of Corrections, and Emergency Response. –
I. No person other than a sworn law enforcement officer with power of arrest, state probation and parole officers, and state correctional officers in the performance of their official duties shall operate a vehicle equipped with blue colored lights, except in the case of a service technician driving the vehicle in connection with servicing or maintaining the vehicle or as provided under paragraph II.
II. No person other than a sworn law enforcement officer with power of arrest, state probation and parole officers, and state correctional officers in the performance of their official duties or an emergency response employee or volunteer of a city, town, or village district or the federal government or an employee of a private ambulance service contracted with a city, town, or village district shall operate a vehicle equipped with a rear-facing blue colored light, except in the case of a service technician driving the vehicle in connection with servicing or maintaining the vehicle.
III. Blue colored lights are authorized only for vehicles owned or leased by state, county, municipal, or federal law enforcement agencies, state department of corrections, fire marshal vehicles, emergency response vehicles owned or leased by city, town, village district, or federal fire departments, forestry departments, or emergency medical departments, or emergency response vehicles owned or leased by a private ambulance service contracted with a city, town, or village district and vehicles privately owned or leased by sworn law enforcement officers when authorized by their department heads. When blue colored lights are installed on a private vehicle owned by or leased to a law enforcement officer, such lights shall be covered when the vehicle is being driven by someone other than a law enforcement officer. A blue colored light installed on emergency response vehicles other than those vehicles used by a sworn law enforcement officer, state probation and parole officers, and state correctional officers in the performance of their official duties shall be limited to a single, rear-facing blue colored emergency light on each vehicle. A private ambulance service that is no longer contracted with a city, town, or village district shall remove the single rear-facing blue colored light upon the expiration of the contract.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008. 2015, 130:1, eff. June 12, 2015. 2019, 156:3, eff. Aug. 30, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-c - Red Lights Restricted to Police, Fire, and Rescue Vehicles.

266:78-c Red Lights Restricted to Police, Fire, and Rescue Vehicles. –
No person other than those authorized in this section shall operate a vehicle equipped with red colored emergency lights. Red lights are authorized for the following vehicles:
I. Emergency response vehicles owned or leased by municipal, village district, or federal fire departments and forestry departments.
II. Vehicles privately owned or leased by full-time or volunteer firefighters employed by municipal, village district, or federal fire departments and forestry departments or forest fire wardens and deputy wardens when authorized by their department heads.
III. Licensed public or private ambulances and emergency medical response and rescue vehicles, and members of licensed ambulance and emergency medical response and rescue crews when authorized by their employers.
IV. Federal or state emergency management response vehicles, airport authority emergency response vehicles, and government vehicles used in response to reports of emergencies resulting from actual or potential releases, spills, or leaks of or other exposure to hazardous substances.
V. Hospital emergency personnel with a permit from the commissioner of safety issued under rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the qualifications and conditions of such a permit and grounds for revoking it.
VI. Red lights as part of, but not in place of, the emergency warning systems of police vehicles.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-d - Additional Lights Approved for Police, Fire, State Department of Corrections, and Rescue Vehicles.

266:78-d Additional Lights Approved for Police, Fire, State Department of Corrections, and Rescue Vehicles. –
Police, fire, state department of corrections, and emergency medical response vehicles, in addition to but not in place of the lights authorized by RSA 266:78-b and RSA 266:78-c, may be equipped with light bars containing one or more amber warning lights or amber arrow boards.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008. 2019, 156:4, eff. Aug. 30, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-e - Other Flashing Lamps Prohibited.

266:78-e Other Flashing Lamps Prohibited. –
Only authorized emergency vehicles, including law enforcement, fire, state department of corrections, and emergency medical services vehicles, state department of transportation vehicles engaged in construction or maintenance activities, and bicycles may be equipped with a device that provides for alternate flashing of headlamps.
Source.
2008, 358:12. 2009, 168:1, eff. July 8, 2009. 2018, 46:3, eff. July 14, 2018. 2019, 156:5, eff. Aug. 30, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-f - Use of Lights by Law Enforcement and State Department of Corrections.

266:78-f Use of Lights by Law Enforcement and State Department of Corrections. –
Law enforcement officers, state probation and parole officers, and state correctional officers in the performance of their official duties shall only illuminate emergency lights and warning lights when in pursuit or stopping a violator, when responding to but not returning from an emergency call for service, when conducting an escort, or when parked on or adjacent to the highway to warn other traffic of a hazard or obstruction. Except as provided for under RSA 266:78-b, II, no person other than a sworn law enforcement officer, state probation and parole officers, and state correctional officers in the performance of their official duties shall drive a vehicle with a blue light or lights in operation.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008. 2015, 130:2, eff. June 12, 2015. 2019, 156:6, eff. Aug. 30, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-g - Use of Lights by Fire, State Department of Corrections, Rescue, and Emergency Response Personnel.

266:78-g Use of Lights by Fire, State Department of Corrections, Rescue, and Emergency Response Personnel. –
Police, fire, ambulance, state department of corrections, and rescue vehicles, and other vehicles authorized under RSA 266:78-c shall only illuminate emergency lights and warning lights when responding to but not returning from an actual or reported emergency, transporting a patient to a hospital for emergency treatment, or when parked at the scene of an emergency for purposes of warning approaching traffic. Fire apparatus and ambulances may also illuminate emergency lights and warning lights while parking or backing the vehicle to access a garage housing the apparatus or when serving as a mobile command post to designate the location of the command post. No persons other than emergency response personnel shall drive a vehicle with red emergency lights in operation.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008. 2019, 156:7, eff. Aug. 30, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-h - Amber Warning Lights Authorized for Certain Vehicles.

266:78-h Amber Warning Lights Authorized for Certain Vehicles. –
No person other than those authorized in this section or in RSA 266:78-c shall operate a vehicle equipped with amber colored warning lights. Amber warning lights are authorized for the following vehicles:
I. Vehicles owned by or leased to state, county, or municipal public works departments and used to maintain the highways including, but not limited to, pickup trucks, snow plows, graders, loaders, sand trucks, sweepers, and tar trucks.
II. Vehicles used by telephone, electrical, and cable utilities and tree services for maintenance of utility, sewer, and water lines.
III. United States Postal Service delivery vehicles.
IV. Wreckers and emergency highway service vehicles.
V. Vehicles escorting oversize loads.
VI. Privately owned vehicles used for snow removal on or adjacent to ways.
VII. Refuse collection vehicles and compacters.
VIII. Vehicles owned by or leased to contractors and construction companies and regularly used to provide warning of road obstructions or hazards at road or utility construction sites.
IX. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by the director.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-i - Use of Amber Lights.

266:78-i Use of Amber Lights. –
Vehicles authorized to use amber colored warning lights authorized by RSA 266:78-h may only illuminate the warning lights when their duties require them to be stopped or parked on or immediately adjacent to a way at a road, water, or sewer line construction or maintenance site in a manner that may impede or cause a hazard to traffic, when actively engaged in the delivery of United States mail, or when actively engaged in snow removal or ice treatment or when entering or leaving a way during plowing operations, or during repair or placement of official traffic control devices, pavement marking, or escorting an oversize load or slow moving vehicle, or in the case of wreckers and emergency road service vehicles when maneuvering through congested traffic to reach a disabled vehicle, providing roadside service, or loading or unloading a vehicle.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008. 2018, 66:1, eff. July 24, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-j - Wing Lights on Snowplows.

266:78-j Wing Lights on Snowplows. –
Snowplows may use amber or white wing lights to illuminate the wings of the snowplow when the plow is in operation. A white or amber light mounted on or adjacent to a salt or sand spreader may be used when the spreader is in operation.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-l - Private Security Vehicles.

266:78-l Private Security Vehicles. –
Vehicles owned by or leased to licensed public or private security services but not personally owned vehicles of security guards may be equipped with amber or green warning lights, which shall only be illuminated when patrolling a shopping center or mall parking lot or other private premises or if stopped in a hazardous location for the purposes of warning approaching traffic.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-m - Funeral Escort and Lead Vehicles.

266:78-m Funeral Escort and Lead Vehicles. –
Funeral escort and lead vehicles may be equipped with purple warning lights only as provided in RSA 265:156.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-o - Emergency and Warning Lights; Duties of Official Inspection Stations.

266:78-o Emergency and Warning Lights;  Duties of Official Inspection Stations. –
I. Official inspection stations shall not issue an inspection sticker to a vehicle equipped with emergency lights or warning lights except as authorized in this subdivision. No permit shall be required for such lights if equipped in accordance with this subdivision.
II. Public safety and emergency medical personnel presenting their privately owned vehicles for inspection shall present to the person conducting the inspection an official departmental photo identification or an official identification card or badge from their department. A letter on official stationery from their employer signed by the head of the organization authorizing the lights shall be carried in the vehicle and displayed to any law enforcement officer upon request. Failure to display such authorization shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle was equipped in violation of this subdivision.
III. The commissioner of safety, by rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, may determine the location and method of use of emergency lights and warning lights.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-p - Revocation of Privilege.

266:78-p Revocation of Privilege. –
The use of emergency lights or warning lights on personally owned or leased vehicles of public safety personnel may be revoked at any time by their department heads or emergency response employers by notifying the person in writing with a copy to the director. The director, upon a finding after a hearing that any user of emergency lights or warning lights has violated this subdivision, may revoke the authority to equip a vehicle with emergency lights or warning lights.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-q - Penalties.

266:78-q Penalties. –
Any person convicted of a violation of this subdivision shall, notwithstanding the provisions of title LXII, be guilty of a violation and fined $250 plus penalty assessment for a first offense and not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 plus penalty assessment for a second offense, and any person knowingly or purposely using blue lights to commit a crime punishable as a misdemeanor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and any person knowingly or purposely using blue lights to commit a crime punishable as a felony shall be guilty of a class B felony. The director or the court may suspend or revoke for a period of not less than 30 days the license or driving privilege of any person convicted of violating this subdivision.
Source.
2008, 358:12, eff. Sept. 9, 2008. 2015, 202:12, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:78-r - Vehicle Formerly Used as Ambulance to Have Identifying Features Removed.

266:78-r Vehicle Formerly Used as Ambulance to Have Identifying Features Removed. –
Prior to driving on the ways of the state, a vehicle which was formerly used as an ambulance or rescue vehicle but is no longer licensed as an ambulance under RSA 153-A, a person shall remove any siren, red forward and side emergency lights, gold lettering, red cross, caduceus, or other medical insignia, "Keep back 500 feet," "Emergency," "Ambulance," "Rescue," or other lettering or insignia that might cause the vehicle to be mistaken for a working ambulance or rescue vehicle. This section shall not apply to vehicles owned or leased by state, county, or municipal emergency response agencies, the American Red Cross, duly registered antique vehicles, or licensed transporting EMS agencies.
Source.
2015, 63:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:79 - to 266:84 Repealed by 1981, 538:11, XIX, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:02 a.m.

266:79 to 266:84 Repealed by 1981, 538:11, XIX, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:02 a.m. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:85 - Application of Chapter to Bicycles.

266:85 Application of Chapter to Bicycles. –
No preceding provision of this chapter shall apply to bicycles nor to equipment for use on bicycles unless a provision has been made specifically applicable to bicycles or their equipment.
Source.
1981, 479:57, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:01 a.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:86 - Headlamp Required at Night.

266:86 Headlamp Required at Night. –
Every bicycle operated upon any way during darkness shall be equipped with a lamp emitting a white light visible from a distance of 300 feet in front of the bicycle and with a red reflector on the rear of a type approved by the director, which shall be visible from a distance of 300 feet to the rear when directly in front of the lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting a red light visible from 300 feet to the rear may be used in addition to the red reflector. Every moped driven upon any way during darkness shall be equipped with one headlamp which meets the specifications for headlamps established in RSA 266:31. Taillamps and stop lamps are required on mopeds.
Source.
RSA 250:11-d. 1971, 319:1. 1981, 146:1; 479:57, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:01 a.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:87 - Pedal Reflectors and Reflective Equipment Required.

266:87 Pedal Reflectors and Reflective Equipment Required. –
I. No person shall operate a bicycle, except for a bicycle equipped with clipless pedals, or moped unless such bicycle or moped has pedals equipped with a reflector of a type approved by the director which conform to 49 CFR 571.108 Table 2 and which shall be visible from the front and rear of the bicycle or moped from a distance of 200 feet during darkness.
II. No person, during darkness, shall operate a bicycle equipped with clipless pedals unless the operator is wearing either reflectorized leg bands on the lower exterior of the operator's legs or some other type of light reflective equipment on the exterior of either the operator's legs or shoes.
Source.
RSA 250:11-e. 1971, 319:1. 1981, 146:1; 479:57. 1983, 431:14. 2000, 126:1, eff. July 7, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:88 - Brake Required.

266:88 Brake Required. –
Every bicycle and moped shall be equipped with a brake or brakes which will enable its driver to stop the bicycle or moped within 25 feet from a speed of 10 miles per hour on dry, level, clean pavement.
Source.
RSA 250:11-a. 1971, 319:1. 1981, 146:1; 479:57, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:01 a.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:89 - Sirens Prohibited.

266:89 Sirens Prohibited. –
No bicycle or moped shall be equipped with a siren, nor shall any person on a bicycle or moped use a siren.
Source.
1981, 479:57, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:01 a.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:90 - to 266:107 Repealed by 1981, 568:144, eff. July 1, 1981.

266:90 to 266:107 Repealed by 1981, 568:144, eff. July 1, 1981. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:108 - Wrecker Safety Chains.

266:108 Wrecker Safety Chains. –
Every wrecker shall be equipped with an additional safety chain with minimum requirements of
3/8 inch HY-TEST chain for towed vehicles up to and including 11,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, and
1/2 inch HY-TEST chain for towed vehicles over 11,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. This safety chain shall be used at all times when the wrecker has a vehicle in tow upon a way, for the purpose of keeping the towed vehicle under control in the event the normal hook-up malfunctions. All wreckers shall operate within the recommended manufacturer's safety policies and procedures.
Source.
1986, 216:4. 1987, 404:18, eff. July 25, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:109 - Special Wrecker Lighting Required.

266:109 Special Wrecker Lighting Required. –
Every wrecker shall be equipped with:
I. Two additional stop and directional lamps placed so as to be readily visible to traffic from the rear at all times. The towed vehicle shall be equipped with portable lamps to conform with RSA 266:36. In the case of a vehicle designed to carry motor vehicles on the bed of the vehicle, however, the additional stop and directional lamps shall not be required. Any vehicle being towed by a vehicle which is designed to carry motor vehicles on the bed of the vehicle shall be equipped with portable stop and directional lamps and portable lamps to conform with RSA 266:36.
II. One or more rotating or flashing amber colored emergency lamps so placed as to be clearly visible.
(a) Said amber colored lights shall be illuminated when the roadside service being rendered to another vehicle presents an actual or potential hazard to the public or to the occupants of the disabled vehicle.
(b) Such emergency lights shall not be used at any other time unless otherwise prescribed or required by law.
(c) Such emergency lights shall comply with the provisions of RSA 266:78-a through RSA 266:78-q and any rules adopted thereunder pursuant to RSA 541-A.
Source.
1986, 216:4. 1987, 404:11. 1989, 305:19. 2008, 358:15, eff. Sept. 9, 2008. 2018, 66:2, eff. July 24, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:110 - Wrecker Identification.

266:110 Wrecker Identification. –
Every wrecker shall display lettering on both sides of the vehicle in letters that contrast sharply in color with the background and are readily legible during daylight hours from 50 feet while said vehicle is stationary, and kept and maintained in a manner that retains such legibility, indicating the name or trade name of the wrecking service or owner thereof and the city and state in which said vehicle is customarily based. Such marking may consist of a removable device, if said device meets the identification and legibility requirements of this section.
Source.
1986, 216:4, eff. Aug. 5, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:111 - Mechanical Inspection.

266:111 Mechanical Inspection. –
The department of safety, pursuant to RSA 266:1, may establish safety inspection requirements for wreckers, and any highway enforcement officer shall have authority to inspect any wrecker at any time to determine its compliance with all applicable statutes and rules. The department of safety, upon finding after a hearing that a wrecker is unsafe or unfit for its intended purpose, may suspend or revoke the registration plates or the right to drive such vehicle upon the ways of the state.
Source.
1986, 216:4. 1988, 288:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:112 - Penalty.

266:112 Penalty. –
Any person who drives a wrecker on the ways of this state in violation of the provisions of RSA 266:108, RSA 266:109, or RSA 266:110 shall be guilty of a violation.
Source.
1987, 404:19, eff. July 25, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:113 - Equipment Required of Street Rods.

266:113 Equipment Required of Street Rods. –
I. A vehicle registered as a street rod shall be equipped as prescribed by RSA 266 and state of New Hampshire official inspection station rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, as they may be applicable to vehicles whose model year is prior to the year 1949.
II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, street rods shall be equipped with the following:
(a) Hydraulic service brakes on all wheels.
(b) Sealed beam or halogen headlamps.
(c) Seat belts for all passengers.
(d) Turn signal lamps and switch.
(e) Safety glass or Lexan.
(f) Electric or vacuum windshield wiper located in front of the driver.
(g) Parking brake operating on at least 2 wheels on the same axle.
III. Notwithstanding the requirements of this subdivision, bumpers, fenders, and hoods shall be optional equipment. Exhaust systems discharging along the side of the vehicle shall be allowed, provided the exhaust discharge point is to the rear of the rear edge of the front door and such system shall exit exhaust gas away from the vehicle.
IV. The ground clearance for a street rod shall be such that the vehicle shall be able to be in motion and functional while on its 4 rims on a flat surface, and no part of the suspension, steering or chassis shall touch that surface. The director may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, as are necessary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
Source.
1992, 214:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:114 - Equipment Required for Neighborhood Electric Vehicles.

266:114 Equipment Required for Neighborhood Electric Vehicles. –
Neighborhood electric vehicles shall be equipped in accordance with 49 C.F.R. section 571.500. This equipment shall include headlamps, stop lamps, turn signal lamps, tail lamps, reflex reflectors, a parking brake, a rearview exterior mirror, a rearview interior mirror, a windshield, a windshield wiper, a speedometer, an odometer, braking for each wheel, seat belts, a vehicle identification number, and such other equipment as is required by federal regulations.
Source.
2003, 5:3, eff. June 21, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:115 - Equipment Required of Custom Vehicles.

266:115 Equipment Required of Custom Vehicles. –
I. A vehicle registered as a custom vehicle shall be equipped as prescribed by RSA 266 and state of New Hampshire official inspection station rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, as they may be applicable to such vehicles.
II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, custom vehicles shall be equipped with the following:
(a) Hydraulic service brakes on all wheels.
(b) Sealed beam or halogen headlamps or headlamps complying with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 108.
(c) Seat belts for all passengers.
(d) Turn signal lamps and switch.
(e) Safety glass or polycarbonate resin thermoplastic.
(f) Electric or vacuum windshield wipers located in front of the driver and front seat passenger.
(g) Parking brake operating on at least 2 wheels on the same axle.
(h) Headlamps, parking lamps, tail lamps, and brake lamps, which may include blue dot tail lamps.
(i) Bumpers, fenders, and hoods.
III. Exhaust systems discharging along the side of the vehicle shall be allowed on custom vehicles, provided the exhaust discharge point is to the rear of the rear edge of the front door and such system shall direct exhaust gas away from the vehicle.
IV. The ground clearance for a custom vehicle shall be such that the vehicle shall be able to be in motion and functional while on its 4 rims on a flat surface, and no part of the suspension, steering, or chassis shall touch that surface.
V. The director may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, as are necessary to implement this subdivision.
Source.
2010, 353:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 266 - Equipment of Vehicles › Section 266:117 - Equipment Authorized for Antique Motor Vehicles.

266:117 Equipment Authorized for Antique Motor Vehicles. –
Exhaust systems discharging along the side of the vehicle shall be allowed on antique motor vehicles, provided the exhaust discharge point is to the rear edge of either door if the vehicle has 2 doors and to the rear edge of either rear door if the vehicle has 4 doors, and any such system shall direct exhaust gas away from the vehicle.
Source.
2022, 81:1, eff. July 19, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 269 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › Section 269:1 - Definition.

269:1 Definition. –
In this chapter, "electric personal assistive mobility device" or "EPAMD" shall mean a self-propelled device, regardless of the number of wheels, designed to transport only one person, solely powered by an electric propulsion system, with a maximum speed of less than 20 miles per hour.
Source.
2002, 4:3, eff. Feb. 15, 2002. 2018, 20:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 269 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › Section 269:2 - Applicable Law.

269:2 Applicable Law. –
An EPAMD shall not be considered a "vehicle" within the meaning of the law of this state.
Source.
2002, 4:3, eff. Feb. 15, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XXI - Motor Vehicles › Chapter 269 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices › Section 269:3 - Equipment.

269:3 Equipment. –
An EPAMD shall be equipped with front, rear, and side reflectors; a system that when employed will enable the operator to bring the device to a controlled stop; and, if the EPAMD is operated between 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise, a lamp emitting a white light which, while the EPAMD is in motion, sufficiently illuminates the area in front of the operator.
Source.
2002, 4:3, eff. Feb. 15, 2002.