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When Passing on a Multilane Highway?

Sarah Jenkins • • 7 min read
When Passing on a Multilane Highway?

There is no need to signal. Before passing, you must make sure the passing lane

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Common practice and most law on United States highways is that the left lane is reserved for passing and faster moving traffic, and that traffic using the left lane must yield to traffic wishing to overtake.
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is clear and give the proper turn signal to show you are going to change lanes.

What is multilane highway?

: having or involving more than one lane (see lane entry 1 sense 2b) for travel in each direction a multilane highway/street/bridge multilane traffic.

What is the free flow speed of a multilane highway?

For the majority of multilane highways with free-flow speed between 70 and 100km/h, passenger-car mean speeds at capacity range from 68 to 88 km/h but are highly variable and unpredictable. Average spacing between vehicles is a minimum of 150 m or 24 car length. Fig.

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