The Granite State cares about your eyeballs, but not so much your noggin. Court Sessions are held: The 1st, 3rd & 4th Wednesday of every month. The irony? New Hampshire doesn’t require motorcyclists to wear helmets! However, eye protection like a face shield or goggles is required unless the motorcycle is equipped with a windshield. Under New Hampshire state law, motor vehicles also need to ensure that motorcyclists around them can make full use of the lane. “no person shall drive a motorcycle on a roadway between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.” Lane splitting is in fact illegal in the state of New Hampshire. That doesn’t mean it’s “legal,” per se, but it is not mentioned in statutes or explicitly outlawed. There are 12 other states in which the practice is questionable, such as Texas, Montana, Missouri, Arkansas, and North Carolina. "California is the only state where lane splitting is legal. They are getting to where they are going a lot faster than the rest of us chumps sitting here in traffic. I see it all the time when I visit cities like NYC or Boston, and I always think to myself, "DANG, these motorcyclists are bold and brave!" But also, I am jealous of them.
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