New Hampshire Work Zone Laws

How New Hampshire handles work zones

New Hampshire is the outlier: no doubled work-zone fine. Speeding through a work zone follows the regular tiered schedule, $50 for 1-10 over up to $350 for 26-plus, plus the penalty assessment (RSA 265:60). The reduced limit, set at least 10 mph below normal, applies where crews are actually at work on or near the road. The real teeth are the flagger law: obey the paddle or pay $100, then $250 for a repeat (RSA 265:3-b). The statewide hands-free law covers your phone.

Speed, fines, phone, and the flagger

• Speed rule: Slow to the posted work-zone limit, set at least 10 mph below the usual limit where crews are at work on or near the roadway (RSA 265:60, II(g)). The reduced limit keys off workers being present.
• Fine multiplier: No statutory multiplier. New Hampshire does not double work-zone fines; a work-zone speeding ticket follows the standard tiered schedule, from $50 for 1-10 over up to $350 for 26+ over, plus the penalty assessment (RSA 265:60, V).
• Phone in a work zone: Restricted — put it down
• Flagger authority: Obey the flagger. A flagger has authority to direct, control, and regulate traffic in a construction, maintenance, or utility work area, and disobeying is a violation: $100 first offense, $250 after (RSA 265:3-b).
• Base fine: Standard speeding schedule with no work-zone multiplier: $50 (1-10 over), $75 (11-15), $100 (16-20), $200 (21-25), $350 (26+), plus the penalty assessment (RSA 265:60, V).

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