Move over law — New Hampshire Permit Test

Move over law 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

New Hampshire’s Sherrill’s Law, RSA 265:37-a, requires drivers to provide a wide space or change into a lane not adjacent to a highway emergency, if traffic conditions allow.

The people working at a roadside emergency are standing in a live traffic lane, with nothing between them and passing cars.

New Hampshire’s “Sherrill’s Law” law (RSA 265:37-a) requires drivers to provide a wide space or change into a lane not adjacent to certain situations if traffic conditions allow to do so safely.
New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.40

The move over duty applies at a fire, collision, disaster, utility work, a police traffic stop, or a stopped vehicle displaying warning signals.

The list is deliberately wide, so a driver does not have to decide whether this particular roadside scene counts.

or a location where a police officer has made a traffic stop
New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.40

A driver approaching a highway emergency must maintain a reduced speed and, if practical, give a wide berth to public safety personnel, persons in the roadway and vehicles displaying warning lights.

A wide berth costs seconds and buys the working space that keeps a responder from being struck.

Maintain a reduced speed and if practical give a wide berth, without endangering oncoming traffic, to public safety personnel
New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.40

A driver approaching a highway emergency must vacate any lane wholly or partially blocked as soon as possible.

Leaving the blocked lane early gives the responders room and stops a line of traffic forming beside them.

Vacate any lane wholly or partially blocked, as soon as possible.
New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.40

A person violating the move over law is fined plus penalty assessment for a first offense, with an increased fine for a subsequent offense in a 12-month period.

The twelve-month window is what makes the second offense cost more, and it starts from the first ticket rather than the calendar.

an increased fine plus penalty assessment for a subsequent offense in a 12-month period.
New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.40

On the test

What does Sherrill’s Law require of drivers?

Providing a wide space or changing lanes away from the emergency. The people working at a roadside emergency are standing in a live traffic lane, with nothing between them and passing cars. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.40: “New Hampshire’s “Sherrill’s Law” law (RSA 265:37-a) requires drivers to provide a wide space or change into a lane not adjacent to certain situations if traffic conditions allow to do so safely.”

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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.