§ 24-12-6-2.7. No passing zones and restrictions on passing.

A.

The administrator may determine those portions of any street or highway under his jurisdiction where overtaking and passing or driving on the left of the street would be especially hazardous and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the street indicate the beginning and end of such zones. When the signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey the direction thereof.

B.

Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in Subsection A of this section, no driver shall at any time drive on the left side of the street within the no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark the no-passing zone throughout its length. This section does not apply under the conditions described in Section 12-6-2.1A(3) or to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road or driveway.

C.

When double yellow lines are painted on a pavement, no driver shall drive any vehicle across the lines except the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road or driveway.

D.

No driver shall overtake and pass any other vehicle proceeding in the same direction in a school zone when the school zone signs are in place.

E.

Whenever a vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the street, the driver of the vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.(*)

(Ord. No. 1567 , 5-29-18)

State law reference

66-7-315 NMSA 1978.