Overtaking
Vehicle-passing maneuver / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with overtaking criterion.
"Overtake" redirects here. For other uses, see Overtake (disambiguation).
Overtaking or passing is the act of one vehicle going past another slower moving vehicle, travelling in the same direction, on a road. The lane used for overtaking another vehicle is often a passing lane farther from the road shoulder, which is to the left in places that drive on the right and to the right in places that drive on the left.
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