Signaling — New Hampshire Permit Test
Signaling on the New Hampshire permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
It is the responsibility of the driver to make sure the vehicle they are operating is visible to other roadway users.
Being seen is something a driver does rather than something that happens to them, and the signals are most of how it is done.
It is the responsibility of the driver to make sure the vehicle they are operating is visible to other roadway users.
Drivers should signal at least 100 feet before a turn.
A hundred feet is about seven car lengths, which is enough for the driver behind to read the signal and lift off.
Drivers should signal at least 100 feet before a turn
On the highway drivers should signal at least 500 feet before changing lanes or exiting the roadway.
At highway speed the gap closes far faster, so the signal has to go on much earlier to buy the same warning.
on the highway, drivers should signal at least 500 feet before changing lanes or exiting the roadway.
Drivers should use the turn signal sooner when turning in rain, snow or fog to allow for the greater stopping distances of other vehicles.
Everybody behind you needs more room to stop in bad weather, so they need the warning earlier as well.
Drivers should use the turn signal sooner when turning to allow for greater stopping distances by other vehicles when it is raining, snowy or foggy.
A driver must use the appropriate turn signal when pulling away from a curb.
A car leaving the curb crosses the path of everything coming along the lane, and nobody expects a parked car to move.
Pulling away from a curb
A driver must use the appropriate turn signal when merging onto another road.
A merge is a lane change made at speed, and the driver you are merging in front of is the one who needs the warning.
Merging onto another road
On the test
Whose responsibility is it that a vehicle is visible to others?
The driver of that vehicle. Being seen is something a driver does rather than something that happens to them, and the signals are most of how it is done. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.15: “It is the responsibility of the driver to make sure the vehicle they are operating is visible to other roadway users.”
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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)