Loading...
Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the driver of a vehicle may overtake and, allowing sufficient clearance, pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction either upon the left or upon the right on a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for four or more lanes of moving traffic when such movement can be made in safety. The driver of a vehicle shall not drive off the pavement or upon the shoulder of the roadway or upon the apron or roadway of an intersecting roadway in overtaking or passing on the right or the left. The scheduled fine is $100.00. (Ord. #4666, 2/2/04) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.302]
Whenever any roadway has been divided into three or more clearly marked lanes for traffic the following rules in addition to all others consistent herewith shall apply:
A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from such lane until the driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety.
If a roadway is divided into three lanes, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except as follows:
a. When overtaking and passing another vehicle where the roadway is clearly visible and such center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance.
b. In preparation for a left turn or where such center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle is proceeding and is signposted to give notice of such allocation.
Official signs may be erected directing slow-moving traffic to use a designated lane or allocating specified lanes to traffic moving in the same direction and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such sign.
Vehicles moving in a lane designated for slow-moving traffic shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles moving in the same direction in a lane not so designated when such lanes merge to form a single lane.
A portion of a highway provided with a lane for slow-moving vehicles does not become a roadway marked for three lanes of traffic.
(Ord. #5006, 9/13/10)[Ref. Iowa Code §321.306]
Upon those streets and parts of those streets and in those alleys designated and sign-posted for one-way traffic, vehicles, except authorized emergency vehicles responding to an emergency call shall be driven only in the direction designated, upon those streets and alleys or portions thereof designated in Section 542 of this ordinance. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.305]
A vehicle shall not be driven to the left side of the center of the street in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit the overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. The overtaking vehicle shall return to the right-hand side of the street before coming within three hundred feet of a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction when traveling on a street having a legal speed limit in excess of thirty miles per hour, and the overtaking vehicle shall return to the right-hand side of the street before coming within one hundred feet of a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction when traveling on a street having a legal speed limit of thirty miles per hour or less. ('91 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.303]
No vehicle shall in overtaking and passing another vehicle or at any other time be driven to the left side of the street under the following conditions:
1. When approaching the crest of the grade or upon a curve in the street where the driver's view along the street is obstructed for a distance of approximately seven hundred feet.
2. Except on one-way streets, when approaching within one hundred feet of any narrow bridge, viaduct or tunnel, when so sign-posted, or when approaching within one hundred feet of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing.
3. When official signs are in place directing that traffic keep to the right or a distinctive line also directs traffic as declared in the sign manual adopted by the Department of Transportation.
[Ref. Iowa Code §321.304]