Pedestrian right of way — New Hampshire Permit Test
Pedestrian right of way 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
Pedestrians have the right of way when they are in a crosswalk.
The crosswalk is the one piece of road that belongs to people on foot, and a driver crossing it is the visitor.
In a crosswalk
Pedestrians have the right of way when using a sidewalk and crossing an alley entrance or driveway.
A driveway crosses the sidewalk rather than the other way round, so the person walking does not have to stop.
Using a sidewalk, crossing an alley entrance or driveway
Pedestrians have the right of way when they are visually impaired and crossing the street guided by a service animal or carrying a white cane with a red tip.
The cane and the dog are the signal, and they are the only warning a driver gets that this person cannot see them.
Visually impaired and crossing the street guided by a service animal or carrying a white cane with a red tip.
On the test
Where do pedestrians have the right of way?
In a crosswalk. The crosswalk is the one piece of road that belongs to people on foot, and a driver crossing it is the visitor. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.36: “In a crosswalk”
How this works
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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)