Is passing on the right illegal on a multilane hwy

[DaveE]

I end up changing lanes frequently to get where I'm going. I'm what the PA State Police refer to as an "aggressive driver".

[LakeCleElum]

What state are we talking about. It VARIES....In my state, it's OK to pass a stopped vehicle on the right shoulder as long as it's paved....

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Sounds like you are talking about a reverse jug handle, those make sense. Right side of image.

I'm talking about the other form which is what I encounter most times in Jersey. Left side of image.

You exit right like an off ramp but there is a stop sign at the end. Then you need to cross over and make a left onto the intersecting road and possibly have to sit at a light so you can cross over the road you originally exited.



They are usually very poorly marked. If you are unfamiliar with the area you won't know about it till it's too late causing people to swerve to the right side at the last second. And they are not consistent in usage. You can be on a road and pass left turn after left turn then for some odd reason the next intersection will be a jug handle.

Yes, I was talking about the top left which is great. The thing in your top right is bizarre.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by DaveE

I end up changing lanes frequently to get where I'm going. I'm what the PA State Police refer to as an "aggressive driver".

98% of the roads around Houston are several lanes wide and straight as far as the eye can see. The only way for driving to get interesting is if you think of the other drivers as mobile chicanes.

[911pcars]

If car A in front is going 52 mph. Is anyone advocating I can't change 1 or more lanes on the right and drive past car A at 53 mph?

Is this a waste of thread?

S

[masraum]

Originally Posted by 911pcars

If car A in front is going 52 mph. Is anyone advocating I can't change 1 or more lanes on the right and drive past car A at 53 mph?

Is this a waste of thread?

S

Lots of folks seem to advocate that the law says absolutely no passing on the right period. I didn't believe that to be the law, so I posted this poll to see what folks thought.

Regardless of what you think the law may say, chances are the vast majority of us here have broken at least 1 traffic law if not several. I suspect most folks in the modern day pass on the right plenty. I think it's a measured risk/reward deal.

[ossiblue]

From the California DMV booklet:

"Pass traffic on the left. You may pass on the right only when:

An open highway is clearly marked for two or more lanes of travel in your direction.

The driver ahead of you is turning left and you do not drive off the roadway to pass. Never pass on the left if the driver is signaling a left turn."

[DARISC]

California V C Section 21754 Passing on the Right:

21754.The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass to 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 highway within a business or residence district with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles in the direction of travel.

(c) Upon any highway outside of a business or residence district with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width and clearly marked for two or more lines of moving traffic in the direction of travel.

(d) Upon a one-way street.

(e) Upon a highway divided into two roadways where traffic is restricted to one direction upon each of such roadways.

The provisions of this section shall not relieve the driver of a slow moving vehicle from the duty to drive as closely as practicable to the right hand edge of the roadway.

Amended Sec. 39, Ch. 491, Stats. 2010. Effective January 1, 2011.

[racer]

Its a states issue. Some allow it.. some don't. enforcement is another issue.

I prefer passing on left with slower traffic to the right.

[Head416]

So what if I'm crusing in the #2 lane going the speed limit, and I come upon a vehicle in the #1 lane going slower than the speed limit? Am I supposed to brake and slow down to his speed?

I disregard this law as stupid and impractical.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Head416

...I disregard this law as stupid and impractical.

What state are you refering to. Quote the law (I quoted the CA law in an earlier post - NOT cut & dried illegal in CA).

[masraum]

Originally Posted by racer

Its a states issue. Some allow it.. some don't. enforcement is another issue.

I prefer passing on left with slower traffic to the right.

What I would prefer and reality are often VERY different things.

Originally Posted by Head416

So what if I'm crusing in the #2 lane going the speed limit, and I come upon a vehicle in the #1 lane going slower than the speed limit? Am I supposed to brake and slow down to his speed?

I disregard this law as stupid and impractical.

Well, the "stupid" part is the guy in lane #1. The law makes sense and would probably be useful if it was adhered to.

I do plenty of passing on the right on my drive in.

A bunch of the guys that I work with have just moved to Houston from Columbus, OH. They have all commented about how driver's in Houston don't seem to know about "slower traffic keep right" and in many cases, do just the opposite.

[on2wheels52]

I tend to subscribe to "lead, follow, of get the *&%$ out of the way", but would just as soon be a follower.

"Left lane campers should be shot"

That seems reasonable.
Jim

[911pcars]

Originally Posted by on2wheels52

I tend to subscribe to "lead, follow, of get the *&%$ out of the way", but would just as soon be a follower.

"Left lane campers should be shot"

That seems reasonable.
Jim

If you happen upon me and my pace isn't quick enough, just give me a hi-beam blink and I'll simply move over. No need to break out the sidearm.

Your impatience doesn't apply to track events does it?

Sherwood

[Joeaksa]

Try it anywhere in Europe and you WILL eventually get a ticket.

That said, they do not move immediately to the left land and camp out there either.

Most Americans simply have no idea how to drive these days. Seems that many school systems stopped giving drivers ed and its showing.

[David]

In Texas you can pass on an improved shoulder, but that's only for passing a stopped car.

I've never heard of a law in Texas limiting which lane you can pass in.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by paul k

legal on the freeway in oregon.

Left lane campers should be shot.

+1

[masraum]

Originally Posted by David

In Texas you can pass on an improved shoulder, but that's only for passing a stopped car.

I've never heard of a law in Texas limiting which lane you can pass in.

Also, on Rural roads with a wide shoulder, it's perfectly legal for a slower moving vehicle to move to the right and continue driving at speed on the shoulder to allow another user to pass in the lane, effectively turning a lane and shoulder into 2 lanes.

They do that in Spain (at least they do in Andalucia) as well.