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There are a couple scenarios in this situation when a vehicle passes you on the left on a 2 lane highway. To answer your question, you should maintain your speed, but you can also slow down a little bit to get the passing vehicles past you faster.
If there's a danger of a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle and the vehicle passing you, you need to pay attention to what the passing vehicle does, only one of two scenarios will occur:
If the passing vehicle decides to speed up to get past you to, you need to slow down!
If the passing vehicle slows down to drop back behind you, you need to speed up!
Whatever the passing vehicle decides to do in that scenario you do the opposite. The idea is to get the vehicle back into the right lane as quickly as possible!
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When passing another vehicle the driver must be traveling at what speed?
the safe and legal passing of another vehicle requires that drive
It is acceptable to increase the speed of your vehicle to pass or overtake another vehicle on the road?
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.
Is it acceptable to increase the speed of your vehicle over the legal speed limit to pass or overtake another vehicle?
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.
What is against the law while passing another vehicle?
Exceeding the speed limit.
Is it legal to exceed the speed limit while passing another vehicle?
No. Even when passing, you're still bound by the speed limit of that road.
What prohibits you from increasing your speed until the vehicle that is passing you has completed the passing maneuve?
Common sense, decency.. that sort of thing. Legally... how it's categorised would depend on the state, but most would consider speeding up to prevent someone from passing to be aggressive driving.
When passing another vehicle on the highway you may?
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.
When passing another vechile you can exceed the speed limit?
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.
Is is acceptable to accelerate over legal speed limit to pass another vehicle?
Yes it is acceptable to momentarily accelerate over the speed limit tp get around a vehicle moving slower than the posted speed limit but you must return to the speed limit after passing.
Is it acceptable to increase the speed of your vehicle over the legal speed limit to pass or overtake another vehicle on the road?
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.
Can you exceed the speed limit by 5 mph when passing another vehicle?
No. The speed limit is exactly that - the LIMIT. A police officer would PROBABLY (this is not guaranteed in any way) let you get by with 5 mph if they observed you passing (provided everything else you did was legal), but there is no exception made to the law in regards to speed limits for passing. You're still bound by the speed limit of that roadway.
It is acceptable to increase the speed of your vehicle over the legal speed limiy to pass or overtake another vehicvle?
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.
