Space to the side — New Hampshire Permit Test
Space to the side on the New Hampshire permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A driver should avoid driving next to other vehicles for long periods, because the vehicle may be in their blind spot and it reduces the space needed to avoid a collision.
Sitting alongside somebody removes your escape route, and you are invisible to them the whole time.
Avoid driving next to other vehicles for long periods of time. The vehicle may be in their blind-spot, and it reduces the space needed to avoid a collision.
A driver should avoid crowding the center line marking and try to keep as much space as possible between the vehicle and oncoming traffic.
The oncoming car is the one thing on the road you cannot steer away from once it is close.
Avoid crowding the center line marking. Try to keep as much space as possible between the vehicle and oncoming traffic.
A driver should allow space for vehicles entering a multiple-lane or limited access roadway by moving over a lane or adjusting the speed of the vehicle.
Making the gap is easier for you than it is for the driver on the ramp, who is running out of road.
by moving over a lane or adjusting the speed of the vehicle.
When an approaching vehicle in the opposite lane is on a curve, or is a large vehicle, a driver must be careful not to crowd the center lane.
A long vehicle in a curve swings wide of its own lane, and the space it uses is the space beside the line.
When an approaching vehicle in the opposite lane is on a curve, or is a large vehicle, drivers must be careful not to crowd the center lane to allow for the vehicle to pass safely.
On the test
Why should a driver avoid driving alongside another vehicle for long?
It reduces the space needed to avoid a collision. Sitting alongside somebody removes your escape route, and you are invisible to them the whole time. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.31: “Avoid driving next to other vehicles for long periods of time. The vehicle may be in their blind-spot, and it reduces the space needed to avoid a collision.”
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
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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)