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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-301" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Driving on Right Side of Roadway; Overtaking and Passing; Use of Roadway">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On every roadway that is wide enough, a vehicle shall be driven on the right half of the roadway, except:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>While overtaking and passing another vehicle going in the same direction, under the rules governing this movement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Where there is an obstruction that makes it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway, but the driver of any vehicle doing so shall yield the right-of-way to any other vehicle that is traveling in the proper direction on the unobstructed part of the highway and is so near as to be an immediate danger;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On a roadway that is divided into three or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic, subject to the rules applicable to these roadways;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>On a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>On a roadway that is marked or signposted in a manner indicating that a contrary rule exists.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On every roadway, except while overtaking and passing another vehicle going in the same direction or when preparing for a lawful left turn, any vehicle going 10 miles per hour or more below the applicable maximum speed limit or, if any existing conditions reasonably require a speed below that of the applicable maximum, at less than the normal speed of traffic under these conditions, shall be driven in the right–hand lane then available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right–hand curb or edge of the roadway.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>A driver of a vehicle traveling slower than the general speed of traffic, if practicable as determined by the driver, shall drive in the right–hand lane or lanes.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <level label="A">
            <text>This paragraph establishes the policy of the State and guidance with respect to the rules of the road.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>A person may not be issued a citation for a violation of this paragraph.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Administration shall include the requirement under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph in the State’s driver education curriculum.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The State Highway Administration shall inform drivers of the requirement under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>At the request of a local jurisdiction or on its own initiative, by placing and maintaining, in its sole discretion, signs at regular intervals on appropriate State highways; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Through the dynamic message sign system located throughout the State, to the extent authorized by federal law and regulations.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On any roadway that is divided into four or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic and that provides for two-way movement of traffic, a vehicle may not be driven on the left of the centerline of the roadway, except:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Where authorized by a traffic control device designating a lane to the left of the center of the roadway for use by traffic not otherwise permitted to use this lane; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>As permitted under subsection (a)(2) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection does not prohibit the crossing of the centerline of a roadway while making a left turn into or from an alley or a private road or driveway.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
