Section 263:31 Special Motorcycle Licenses; Waiver of Driving Examination.
The department shall cause to be issued a special license for persons without a driver's license or an endorsement on the driver's license for persons who have a driver's license, for all applicants who successfully complete the requirements for a motorcycle license. Applicants for such license or endorsement shall furnish proof of their fitness to drive a motorcycle as the director shall in his or her discretion determine. Such proof shall include the applicant's passing a driver examination conducted on a motorcycle. The director may waive the requirement for such a driving examination upon receipt of adequate evidence of experience in driving a motorcycle by an applicant under such rules as the director may deem necessary, or proof that the applicant has successfully completed a state-approved motorcycle rider education course. No person may take the motorcycle driver examination more than twice; any person who fails to pass the examination twice shall be required to successfully complete the motorcycle rider education program under RSA 263:34-b. No person shall drive a motorcycle on a way of this state, unless such person is duly licensed to drive a motorcycle by a special motorcycle license or endorsement issued under this section, or holds a permit under RSA 263:32. No person shall knowingly authorize or allow the driving of a motorcycle owned by him or her or in his or her charge on a way of this state by any person who does not hold a special motorcycle license or endorsement or motorcycle learner's permit.
Source. RSA 261:10-a. 1967, 415:1. 1975, 382:1. 1981, 146:1. 1989, 331:3, eff. July 1, 1989. 2006, 74:1, eff. June 30, 2006.