Chapter 4 — Your Driving 53 Passing Places where passing is always unsafe and usually illegal: When your vehicle is being passed The horn signal places the driver of the vehicle you are passing under a legal  obligation to help you pass. While passing, be sure you have plenty of room and  keep a steady speed. You cannot pass safely unless you can see far enough ahead  to ensure that you can get back to the original lane of travel before you meet  oncoming traffic. The law requires the passing driver to pass at least two feet to  the left of the vehicle being passed. You have not passed safely if the vehicle you  have passed must slow down to allow you back into your correct lane.  Exceptions where passing on the right is allowed: When you are being passed, you are required to help the other driver to pass. If  the driver of the passing vehicle blows the horn, move to the right edge of the  road. Never increase your speed.  If you increase speed and fail to give way to a passing vehicle, you will be  charged with a misdemeanor if a crash occurs resulting in bodily injury or  property damage. On three-lane highways, you must not pass except in the center lane, and then  only where the center lane is marked for passing in your direction.  Exception:  When the vehicle in the center lane is making a left turn. 1. Look ahead and behind to determine when it is safe to pass. 2. If it is safe to pass, signal to alert the drivers ahead and behind you of your  intention so they can plan their moves accordingly. 3. Blow the horn to signal the driver ahead. • At intersections in cities and towns or at railroad crossings; • At marked intersections in rural areas;  • On any curve or hill where the driver cannot see at least 500 feet ahead; • Wherever there is a solid yellow line in the driver’s lane; • Wherever there is a double-solid yellow line; • At intersections or crosswalks where a vehicle has stopped to allow people to  cross the street; and • Wherever the driver cannot see that the road is clear of traffic far enough  ahead to pass safely. • On highways having at least two lanes traveling in each direction; • On one-way streets where all lanes of traffic move in the same direction; • When passing a vehicle that is in the left-turn lane; and/or • When driving in a lane set aside for right turns. Passing on the right is against the law  except in areas where it is specifically  permitted. Passing on the right places your vehicle on the blind side of the  vehicle you are passing. The vehicle you are passing could unexpectedly make a  right turn or pull over to the right side of the road. Passing on the right