No parking zones — New Hampshire Permit Test
No parking zones on the New Hampshire permit test — 9 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
It is illegal to park alongside another parked vehicle, which is double parking.
Double parking takes a whole lane away and forces everybody behind into the oncoming one.
Although not marked, it is illegal to park in the following places: • Alongside another parked vehicle (no double parking)
It is illegal to park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
A fire crew has to get a hose onto the hydrant from both sides, and a car in the way costs them minutes.
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant
It is illegal to park within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
A car parked at the corner hides a pedestrian stepping off it until the moment they are in front of you.
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection
It is illegal to park within 30 feet of a stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal.
A parked car in front of a sign hides it from the driver who most needs to read it.
Within 30 feet of a stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal
It is illegal to park within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
A train overhangs the rails by some way, and a car parked close is inside the space the train uses.
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing
It is illegal to park within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station, or within 75 feet on the opposite side of the street.
A fire truck leaving a station needs to swing wide across the street, and the far side is where it ends up.
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or within 75 feet on the opposite side of the street
It is illegal to park on any bridge or in any highway tunnel.
Neither has a shoulder to spare, so a parked car takes a lane in the one place traffic cannot see far ahead.
Although not marked, it is illegal to park in the following places: • Alongside another parked vehicle (no double parking) • On a sidewalk • In an intersection • On a crosswalk • On any bridge • In any highway tunnel
It is illegal to park in front of a driveway, on a sidewalk, in an intersection or on a crosswalk.
Each of these is somebody else’s way through, and a car parked in it forces them into the road.
In front of a driveway
It is illegal to park on any street where there is no clearance for other vehicles to pass between the parked vehicles and the far curb.
On a narrow street one more parked car can close the road entirely, and the rule is written about the gap rather than the space.
On any street where there is no clearance for other vehicles to pass between the parked vehicles and the far curb
On the test
Which of these is illegal even where nothing is marked?
Parking alongside another parked vehicle. Double parking takes a whole lane away and forces everybody behind into the oncoming one. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.28: “Although not marked, it is illegal to park in the following places: • Alongside another parked vehicle (no double parking)”
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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)