Animal drawn vehicles — New Hampshire Permit Test
Animal drawn vehicles on the New Hampshire permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Animal drawn vehicles and horseback riders have the same rights to use the road as a motor vehicle and must follow the same rules of the road.
A horse on the road is traffic, not an obstruction, and the rules that apply to a car apply to it too.
They have the same rights to use the road as a motor vehicle and must follow the same rules of the road.
Drivers approaching any horse shall take every precaution to prevent frightening the horse.
A frightened horse can put its rider into the road and bolt into traffic, which no amount of skill will control.
Drivers approaching any horse shall take every precaution to prevent frightening the horse.
A driver near a horse should reduce speed, assess the situation, pass with caution, and never use the horn or rev the engine.
Noise is what frightens a horse, and both of those noises are ones a driver makes on purpose.
Drivers should reduce speed, assess the situation and pass with caution, and never use the horn or “rev” the engine.
On the test
What rights do animal drawn vehicles and horseback riders have?
The same rights to use the road as a motor vehicle. A horse on the road is traffic, not an obstruction, and the rules that apply to a car apply to it too. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.38: “They have the same rights to use the road as a motor vehicle and must follow the same rules of the road.”
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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)