NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 205.50
OVERTAKING AND PASSING ON TWO—LANE HIGHWAY.
The motor vehicle law provides that the driver of a vehicle in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction on a
two-lane highway (use one or more of the following bracketed statements
as the evidence justifies)
[shall pass at least two feet to the left thereof, and shall not again
drive to the right side of the highway until safely clear of the vehicle
being overtaken]2
[shall not drive to the left side of the center of the highway, unless
such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a
sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be
made in safety]3
[shall not overtake and pass upon [the crest of a grade] [a curve in
the highway] where the driver's view along the highway is obstructed
within a distance of five hundred feet]4
[shall not drive to the left side of a visible centerline5 placed by the
Department of Transportation upon [the crest of a grade] [a curve] in a
highway]]6
[shall not overtake and pass at [a railway grade crossing] [a street
intersection in a city or town7] [a highway intersection designated and
marked as such with appropriate signs by the Department of
Transportation] (unless permitted to pass by a traffic or police officer)]8
[shall not overtake and pass on any portion of the highway which is
marked by [signs] [markings] [markers] placed by the Department of
Transportation9, stating or clearly indicating that passing should not be
attempted]10.
A violation of [this law] [any of these provisions of law] is
negligence within itself.11
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 205.50 (February 2020). N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 20-149(a), 20-150. Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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