Accessible parking — New Hampshire Permit Test
Accessible parking on the New Hampshire permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
It is against the law to park in a space reserved for individuals with walking disabilities, and a conviction carries a fine.
Those spaces are the only ones close enough to be usable, so taking one does not just inconvenience somebody, it strands them.
It is against the law to park in a space that is reserved for individuals with walking disabilities. A conviction for parking in such spaces carries with it a fine.
Access aisles are the crosshatched area parallel and adjacent to an accessible parking space, marked with yellow or white diagonally striped lines.
The stripes look like empty pavement and are not. They are the room somebody needs to open a door or lower a ramp.
Access aisles are the crosshatched area parallel and adjacent to the accessible parking space.
Exiting or entering a van with a lift or ramp requires the entire access aisle space, which can be up to 8 feet wide.
Eight feet is nearly the width of a parking space, which is why any part of the aisle being blocked stops the lift working.
which can be up to 8 feet wide to engage the lift/ramp and safely maneuver a wheelchair on or off the lift/ramp.
There is a fine for parking in an access aisle for the first offense, and an increased fine for each subsequent offense.
The escalating fine exists because the aisle looks like spare pavement and drivers keep using it as though it were.
There is a fine for parking in an access aisle for the first offense, and an in increased fine for each subsequent offense.
The law permits persons with walking disabilities or their drivers to submit a photo of a vehicle parked illegally in an accessible space or access aisle, with a sworn statement, to the local police.
The offense is usually over before an officer could arrive, so the law lets the person it affected report it themselves.
The law permits persons with walking disabilities or their drivers to submit a photo of a vehicle that is parked illegally, in an accessible parking space or an access aisle.
On the test
What follows a conviction for parking in a reserved accessible space?
A fine on conviction. Those spaces are the only ones close enough to be usable, so taking one does not just inconvenience somebody, it strands them. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.28: “It is against the law to park in a space that is reserved for individuals with walking disabilities. A conviction for parking in such spaces carries with it a fine.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against New Hampshire Driver's Manual, published by the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pdf (New Hampshire Driver's Manual, Rev. 11/25, New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)