Passing on the right — Minnesota Permit Test
Passing on the right on the Minnesota permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
You may pass on the right when the vehicle you are overtaking is making or about to make a left turn.
The car ahead has stopped in the road waiting for a gap, and the space to its right is the way past.
When the vehicle you are overtaking is making or about to make, a left turn.
Do not pass on the right by driving in a bicycle lane, on the shoulder, or off the main part of the road.
The shoulder is where broken-down cars, cyclists and walkers are, and none of them expect traffic.
Do not pass by driving in a bicycle lane, on the shoulder, or off the pavement or main part of the road.
You may pass on the right on a street with room for two or more lanes of moving vehicles in each direction.
With a real lane beside you it is a lane change rather than squeezing past.
On a street or highway with enough space to allow two or more lanes of moving vehicles to travel in each direction.
On a one-way street you may pass on the right only where there are no obstructions and the road is wide enough for two or more lanes.
One-way traffic all goes the same way, so the only question left is whether there is room.
You may only pass on the right if there are no obstructions and the road is wide enough for two or more lanes of moving vehicles.
On the test
When may you pass a vehicle on its right?
When it is making or about to make a left turn. The car ahead has stopped in the road waiting for a gap, and the space to its right is the way past. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.34: “When the vehicle you are overtaking is making or about to make, a left turn.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pdf (Minnesota Driver’s Manual, May 2025, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, MN entry -- the folio offset of 3 and its basis, the folio marker, the extraction-flag score and the welded compounds it costs, and the record of where the exam shape comes from