Ohio motor vehicle accident attorney, Scott Kuboff, discusses the rules on passing other vehicles on Ohio's roads. These rules are found in R.C. 4511.27, R.C. 4511.28, and R.C. 4511.29.
R.C. 4511.27(A) provides “The operator of a vehicle ... overtaking another vehicle ... proceeding in the same direction shall ... signal to the vehicle . . . to be overtaken, shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance, and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle ... When a motor vehicle ... overtakes and passes a bicycle or electric bicycle, three feet or greater is considered a safe passing distance.”
R.C. 4511.28(A) provides "[t]he driver of a vehicle ... may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle ... only under the following conditions: (1) [w]hen the vehicle ... overtaken is making or about to make a left turn; (2) [u]pon 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."
R.C. 4511.29(A) provides "[n]o vehicle ... shall be driven to the left of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing traffic proceeding in the same direction, unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made, without interfering with the safe operation of any traffic approaching from the opposite direction or any traffic overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle ... must return to an authorized lane of travel as soon as practicable and in the event the passing movement involves the use of a lane authorized for traffic approaching from the opposite direction, before coming within two hundred feet of any approaching vehicle."
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