2018 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other vehicles
Chapter 31-15 Passing, Use of Lanes, and Rules of the Road
Section 31-15-3 Passing of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 31-15-3 (2018)

§ 31-15-3. Passing of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions.

Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having a width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction, each driver shall give to the other at least one-half of the main traveled portion of the roadway as nearly as possible. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 26, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 31-15-3; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 110.)

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