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§ 21-304. Vehicles allowed to overtake and pass to the right of another vehicle

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: October 1, 2017

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 21. Vehicle Laws--Rules of the Road (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Driving on Right Side of Roadway; Overtaking and Passing; Use of Roadway (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2017
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-304
§ 21-304. Vehicles allowed to overtake and pass to the right of another vehicle
Currentness
Conditions when vehicle may overtake and pass to the right of another vehicle
(a) Subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, the driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass to the right of another vehicle only:
(1) If the overtaken vehicle is making or about to make a left turn;
(2) On a highway with unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles and wide enough for two or more lines of vehicles moving lawfully in the same direction as the overtaking vehicle; or
(3) On any one-way roadway, if the roadway is free from obstruction and wide enough for two or more lines of moving vehicles.
Passing another vehicle to right allowed if safe to do so
(b) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle to the right only if it is safe to do so.
Driving off the roadway prohibited
(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection and for an operator of a bicycle or motor scooter, a person may not make the movement described under subsections (a) and (b) of this section by driving off the roadway.
(2) The driver of a vehicle may make the movement described under subsections (a) and (b) of this section by driving outside the marked lane onto the shoulder to overtake and pass a vehicle that is making or about to make a left turn if the driver can do so without leaving the paved surface.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1; Acts 2010, c. 518, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2017, c. 759, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 11-304.
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-304, MD TRANS § 21-304
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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