The driver of a motor vehicle may overtake and pass to the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
(a) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn.
(b) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement, not occupied by parked vehicles, of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction.
(c) Upon a one-way street, or upon any roadway on which traffic is restricted to one direction of movement, where the roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles.
(d) The driver of a motor vehicle upon a one-way roadway with two or more marked traffic lanes, when overtaking a bicyclist or e-bicyclist on the right proceeding in the same direction and riding on the left-hand side of the road, shall allow the bicyclist or e-bicyclist at least a 3-foot separation between the left side of the driver’s vehicle, including all mirrors or other projections, and the right side of the bicyclist or e-bicyclist at all times.
(1992 Code, § 40-86.1) (Ord. 46-12, passed 7-10-2012; Ord. 66-19, passed 6-18-2019) Penalty, see § 10.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-26-27