§ 10.44.030. Overtaking and passing vehicles—Procedures required—School bus restrictions.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.44.040 the following rules shall govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles:

A.

The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the street or highway until safely clear of such overtaken vehicle.

B.

The driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on suitable and audible signal and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.

C.

In the event vehicles on a street or highway are moving in two or more substantially continuous lines the provisions of subsections A and B of this section shall not be considered as prohibiting the vehicles in one such line overtaking or passing the vehicles in another such line, either upon the right or the left, nor shall the provisions of subsections A and B of this section be construed to prohibit a driver overtaking and passing upon the right another vehicle which is making or about to make a left turn.

D.

The driver of an overtaking motor vehicle when traveling under such conditions as to make it necessary to insure safe operation, shall give audible warning with his horn or other warning device before passing or attempting to pass a vehicle proceeding in the same direction.

E.

The driver of any vehicle upon a street or highway when meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus, equipped with signs and signals required by law, which has stopped on the street or highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging any pupil and is displaying a flashing red light signal visible from the front and rear, shall bring his vehicle to a stop immediately and shall not proceed past the school bus until the flashing red signal ceases operation. The driver of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus when the school bus is stopped at an intersection or a place where traffic is controlled by a traffic officer or an official traffic signal.

(Prior code §16-36).