FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.212
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEVANSCHOIACK.
0739H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection304.016,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
passingzones,withapenaltyprovision.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section304.016,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection304.016,toreadasfollows:
304.016.1.Thefollowingrulesshallgoverntheovertakingandpassingofvehicles
2proceedinginthesamedirection,subjecttothelimitationsandexceptionshereinafterstated:
3 (1)Thedriverofavehicleovertakinganothervehicleproceedinginthesame
4directionshallpasstotheleftthereofatasafedistanceandshallnotagaindrivetotheright
5sideoftheroadwayuntilsafelyclearoftheovertakenvehicle;and
6 (2)Exceptwhenovertakingandpassingontherightispermitted,thedriverofan
7overtakenvehicleshallgivewaytotherightinfavoroftheovertakingvehicleandshallnot
8increasethespeedofsuchdriver'svehicleuntilcompletelypassedbytheovertakingvehicle.
9 2.Thedriverofamotorvehiclemayovertakeandpasstotherightofanothervehicle
10onlyunderthefollowingconditions:
11 (1)Whenthevehicleovertakenismakingorabouttomakealeftturn;
12 (2)Uponacitystreetwithunobstructedpavementofsufficientwidthfortwoormore
13linesofvehiclesineachdirection;
14 (3)Uponaone-waystreet;
15 (4)Uponanyhighwayoutsideofacitywithunobstructedpavementofsufficient
16widthandclearlymarkedforfourormorelinesoftraffic.Thedriverofamotorvehiclemay
17overtakeandpassanothervehicleupontherightonlyundertheforegoingconditionswhen
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18suchmovementmaybemadeinsafety.Innoeventshallsuchmovementbemadebydriving
19offthepavedormaintraveledportionoftheroadway.Theprovisionsofthissubsectionshall
20notrelievethedriverofaslow-movingvehiclefromthedutytodriveascloselyaspracticable
21totheright-handedgeoftheroadway.
22 3.Exceptwhenaroadwayhasbeendividedintothreetrafficlanes,novehicleshall
23bedriventotheleftsideofthecenterlineofahighwayorpublicroadinovertakingand
24passinganothervehicleproceedinginthesamedirectionunlesssuchleftsideisclearly
25visibleandisfreeofoncomingtrafficforasufficientdistanceaheadtopermitsuch
26overtakingandpassingtobecompletelymadewithoutinterferingwiththesafeoperationof
27anyvehicleapproachingfromtheoppositedirectionoranyvehicleovertaken.
28 4.Novehicleshallatanytimebedriventotheleftsideoftheroadwayunderthe
29followingconditions:
30 (1)Whenapproachingthecrestofagradeoruponacurveofthehighwaywherethe
31driver'sviewisobstructedwithinsuchdistanceastocreateahazardintheeventanother
32vehiclemightapproachfromtheoppositedirection;
33 (2)Whentheviewisobstructeduponapproachingwithinonehundredfeetofany
34bridge,viaduct,tunnelorwhenapproachingwithinonehundredfeetoforatanyintersection
35orrailroadgradecrossing;
36 (3)Whenwithinadistanceofonethousandfeetofadrivewayentrancetoany
37publicschoollocatedonafederalorstatehighway;exceptthatsuchrestrictionshallnot
38applywithinthecorporatelimitsofanycity,town,orvillage.
39 5.ViolationofthissectionshallbedeemedaclassCmisdemeanor.
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