TITLE XXI
MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 265
RULES OF THE ROAD

Overtaking and Passing, Highway Markings, Right of Way

Section 265:19

    265:19 When Overtaking on the Right is Permitted. –
The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass on the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
I. When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;
II. Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for 2 or more lines of vehicles moving lawfully in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle;
III. The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. Such movement shall not be made by driving off the roadway.

Source. RSA 262-A:18. 1963, 330:1. 1973, 49:1. 1981, 146:1; 479:31, eff. Jan. 1, 1982 at 12:01 a.m.