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Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-308

Conditions when overtaking on right

Acts 1937, No. 300, § 59; Pope's Dig., § 6717; Acts 1959, No. 307, § 25; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-610.

(1) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions: When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;

(2) Upon a street or highway with unobstructed pavement not occupied by parked vehicles of sufficient width for two (2) or more lines of moving vehicles in each direction; and

(3) Upon a one-way street or upon any roadway on which traffic is restricted to one (1) direction of movement where the roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for two (2) or more lines of moving vehicles.

(4) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting this movement in safety.

(5) In no event shall this movement be made by driving off the pavement or main-traveled portion of the roadway.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.