321.302  Overtaking on the right.

The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle which is making or about to make a left turn.

The driver of a vehicle may overtake and, allowing sufficient clearance, pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction either upon the left or upon the right on a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for four or more lines of moving traffic when such movement can be made in safety. No person shall drive off the pavement or upon the shoulder of the roadway in overtaking or passing on the right.

A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8, subsection 2, paragraph "h".

Section History: Early form

  [C39, § 5024.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321.302]

Section History: Recent form

  2000 Acts, ch 1203, §12

Internal References

  Referred to in § 805.8(2h)


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