Passing — Colorado Permit Test

Typically you should pass on the left, and you are only allowed to pass on the right on one way streets and on roadways with two or more lanes of travel in each direction.

Drivers look left for a passing car and rarely right. Passing on the right is allowed only where a lane is already there for it.

You are only allowed to pass on the right on one way streets and on roadways with two or more lanes of travel in each direction

You are not allowed to pass another vehicle by driving off the pavement or on the shoulder of a roadway.

The shoulder is not built for speed and is where a broken-down car or a walker will be. Passing there is a surprise to everyone.

You are not allowed to pass another vehicle by driving off of the pavement or on the shoulder of a roadway.

Before passing, judge whether you have enough time and room by observing the traffic ahead, beside and behind you.

A pass needs a gap that will still be there when you get to it. Traffic behind matters because somebody may already be passing you.

Before deciding to pass another vehicle, including bicyclists, judge whether you will have enough time and room to pass safely by observing the traffic ahead, beside and behind you

When you can see both headlights of the vehicle you passed in your rearview mirror, change one lane to get back into your previous lane.

Both headlights in the mirror means you are far enough ahead not to cut them off. Anything less and you are still beside them.

When you can see both headlights of the vehicle you passed in the rearview mirror, change one lane to get back into your previous lane

Do not count on passing several vehicles at once; to be safe, pass only one vehicle at a time.

Passing two cars takes twice the distance and twice the time in the oncoming lane. The gap that looked long enough was measured for one.

To be safe, only pass one vehicle at a time

Do not pass if you cannot safely return to the right-hand side before coming within 200 feet of an oncoming vehicle, including a bicyclist in the oncoming lane or shoulder.

Two cars closing head-on cover ground at twice their speed. Two hundred feet is the margin that keeps the return from becoming a swerve.

If you cannot safely return to the right-hand side before coming within 200 feet of an oncoming vehicle, including a bicyclist in the oncoming lane or shoulder

Do not pass if you cannot safely return to the right-hand side before a solid yellow line begins.

The solid line marks the point where the view runs out. Being still in the oncoming lane past it is being blind at closing speed.

If you cannot safely return to the right-hand side before a solid yellow line begins

Do not pass on a curve or hill where your view is obstructed, or within 100 feet of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel where your view is obstructed.

Passing needs the view to be certain, not probable. On a blind crest, whatever is coming arrives with no time for either of you.

Within 100 feet of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel when your view is obstructed

It is illegal to pass within 100 feet of any intersection or railroad crossing.

A car crossing or turning at an intersection is not looking for a vehicle in the oncoming lane. The same is true of a train.

Please note, the following behaviors are illegal when passing: ● Pass in any marked no-passing zones. ● Exceed the posted speed limit when passing. ● Pass a school bus with flashing red lights and its stop arm extended. ● Pass within 100 feet of any intersection

It is illegal to pass in a marked no-passing zone, to exceed the posted speed limit when passing, or to pass a school bus with flashing red lights and its stop arm extended.

Speeding to complete a pass is the commonest way a legal pass becomes an illegal one, and it is the one drivers think nobody minds.

Please note, the following behaviors are illegal when passing: ● Pass in any marked no-passing zones. ● Exceed the posted speed limit when passing. ● Pass a school bus with flashing red lights and its stop arm extended

Where may you pass another vehicle on the right?

On a one way street or a multi-lane road. Drivers look left for a passing car and rarely right. Passing on the right is allowed only where a lane is already there for it. Colorado Driver Handbook, p.15: “You are only allowed to pass on the right on one way streets and on roadways with two or more lanes of travel in each direction”