Monday, May 24, 2010

Bicyclist Gets a Ticket in the Hospital

I thought I would share this report because I have seen so many bicyclists break this law. This report is from Washington DC, but the law prohibiting a vehicle from passing another on the RIGHT is part of the Uniform Vehicle Code and applies in Tennessee.

2 comments:

James C said...

1201.3 (b) A person operating a bicycle may overtake and pass other vehicles on the left or right side, staying in the same lane as the overtaken vehicle, or changing to a different lane, or riding off the roadway, as necessary to pass with safety

Blog Admin said...

Tennessee Code Annotated:
55-8-118. When overtaking on the right is permitted. —
(a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
..(1) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;
..(2) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for two (2) or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction; and
..(3) Upon a one-way street, or upon any roadway on which traffic is restricted to one (1) direction of movement, where the roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for two (2) or more lines of moving vehicles.

(b) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting that movement in safety. In no event shall the movement be made by driving off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the roadway.
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 17; T.C.A., § 59-818.]