Yielding right of way — New Hampshire Permit Test
Yielding right of way 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
Under RSA 265:28 the driver of a vehicle approaching or entering an intersection on the left shall yield to the vehicle on the right.
Somebody has to go first, and the rule picks the side rather than leaving two drivers to guess at each other.
the driver of a vehicle approaching or entering an intersection on the left shall yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right
The rule that the driver on the left yields applies unless an official traffic control device directs otherwise or a police officer directs traffic.
A sign or an officer overrides the default, because they know something about the intersection the rule cannot.
unless otherwise designated by an official traffic control device or otherwise directed by a police officer.
Under RSA 265:29 a driver turning left within an intersection or into an alley, private road or driveway must yield to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction that is close enough to be an immediate hazard.
The turning driver is crossing somebody else’s path, so the burden of judging the gap is theirs.
a driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.
No driver should assume they automatically have the right of way, because the situation at the intersection must always be considered.
Being in the right is no protection in a collision. The rule says who should yield, not who will.
The situation and circumstances at the intersection must always be considered.
On the test
At an intersection with no signal, which driver yields?
The driver on the left yields to the one on the right. Somebody has to go first, and the rule picks the side rather than leaving two drivers to guess at each other. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.14: “the driver of a vehicle approaching or entering an intersection on the left shall yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right”
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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)