§ 321.303 — Limitations on overtaking on the left

Iowa § 321.303

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 321: MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD

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A vehicle shall not be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking
and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless the 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 a vehicle
approaching from the opposite direction or a vehicle overtaken. The overtaking vehicle shall
return to the right-hand side of the roadway before coming within three hundred feet of
a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction when traveling on a roadway 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 roadway before coming within one hundred feet of a vehicle
approaching from the opposite direction when traveling on a roadway having a legal speed
limit of thirty miles per hour or less.

Legislative History

[C39, §5024.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.303]