§ 506-72. Overtaking and Passing on the Right.  


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  • The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:

    (a)

    When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;

    (b)

    Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or more lines of vehicles moving lawfully in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle.

    The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. The movement shall not be made by driving off the roadway.

(C.O. 506-72; a. Ord. No. 47-1971, eff. Feb. 10, 1971; reordained as C.M.C. 506-72, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 442-1975, eff. Oct. 10, 1975)

Cross reference

Penalty, §§ 512-2, 512-7.

State law reference

See ORC 4511.28.