In practice, It is acceptable to increase the speed of your vehicle over the legal speed limit to pass or overtake another vehicle. Legally, it is not permitted. If the other vehicle is already at the speed limit, you should not be passing it. If it were a police car you were passing, at any speed above the speed limit, they could stop you.
The speed limit is exactly that - the speed limit. It remains in place even when overtaking another vehicle. Chances are, if you're going five over the speed limit to overtake a vehicle, and a police officer observes it, they'll let it slide. Do 20 over, and they're not going to. However, there is no guarantee - the moment you go over the speed limit, you're subject to be cited for it, even in a passing situation.
Not if you get caught ! If the vehicle in front is travelling at the maximum speed allowed for that road, and you increase your speed to overtake it, YOU are breaking the limit, and would get a ticket !
In the United States it is always unlawful to exceed the posted speed limit regardless of the reason. It is also part of the uniform driving code of the United States that some aspects of the laws (such as speeding) can be temporarily suspended to increase safety. Thus, increasing speed to pass a slow moving vehicle can be acceptable if it makes passing that vehicle safer. Increasing speed to overtake (catch up to) another vehicle is not acceptable.
Even when passing, you're still bound by the speed limit of that road. While an officer observing you overtaking the other vehicle might let it slide when you go over the speed limit, there is a limit to what they'd allow (if you were going 20 over the speed limit, even overtaking, you'd certainly be pulled over, for example), nor is it in any way guaranteed that they won't pull you over and give you a ticket for going over the speed limit.
According to the Rules of the Road test (Illinois), it is never acceptable to increase the speed of your vehicle over the legal speed limit to pass or overtake another vehicle on the road.
No, it is not. I once got a citation for doing exactly that.
No definitly
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In practice, It is acceptable to increase the speed of your vehicle over the legal speed limit to pass or overtake another vehicle. Legally, it is not permitted. If the other vehicle is already at the speed limit, you should not be passing it. If it were a police car you were passing, at any speed above the speed limit, they could stop you.
So long as you are not speeding as you are passing yes. However if the vehicle you are passing is traveling at the speed limit the cop that books you will contend that you had no reason for passing.
The speed limit is exactly that - the speed limit. It remains in place even when overtaking another vehicle. Chances are, if you're going five over the speed limit to overtake a vehicle, and a police officer observes it, they'll let it slide. Do 20 over, and they're not going to. However, there is no guarantee - the moment you go over the speed limit, you're subject to be cited for it, even in a passing situation.
never
Because - as you overtake the vehicle in front, high-beams will be reflected straight back at the driver - through their mirrors. Low beams are angled more towards the ground.
(in the US) On multi-lane roadways - The far right lane
The speed limit is exactly that - the speed limit. While a reasonable excess of speed might be overlooked when overtaking another vehicle, there is no guarantee. You can be pulled over and cited for speeding, still.
You should only overtake if it is safe to do so.
No, they cannot. A continuous white line means that no vehicle should overtake another, especially when one is turning.
No. If the vehicle you are passing is going at the correct speed, why should you need to overtake. When overtaking a vehicle you should ensure there is enough clear road ahead of you to pass the vehicle without over speeding. If this is not the case you should not attempt an overtaking manoeuvre.
You should use your low beams to avoid blinding the driver ahead as you lights reflect in his mirrors.
For a country with right side traffic you should as a rule overtake a vehicle on its left side. But on a bicycle it's allowed to overtake on the right side as well.