Exceeding speed limit while passing.

WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0064.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0033

Exceeding speed limit while passing.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) McOmie, Craft, Gay, Roscoe, Teeters, Vranish and Zwonitzer, Dn. and Senator(s)
Coe

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
motor vehicles; authorizing drivers to exceed posted speed limits in order to pass vehicles traveling under the posted speed limit;

specifying additional restrictions and application;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S.
31
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5
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203 by creating a new subsection (b) and
31
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5
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301(b)(intro) and (c) are amended to read:

31
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5
‑
203.

Rules governing overtaking on the left.

(b)

A driver of a
passenger car, motorcycle or pickup truck
,

not towing any other vehicle,
may exceed the speed limit by up to ten (10) miles an hour while passing another vehicle traveling at less than the legal maximum speed, in order to safely pass the vehicle
.
T
he overtaking vehicle
shall
return to
the
right-hand lane

and reduce speed to the posted speed limit
as soon as practicable
. This subsection shall be applicable only
upon roadways divided into two (2) lanes for two (2) way movement of traffic and
where the posted speed limit is
fifty
(5
0
) miles per hour or greater.
This subsection shall not be applicable in construction zones.
Passing a vehicle pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to all other applicable motor vehicle laws. A driver of a vehicle exceeding the ten (10) mile per hour limitation of this subsection shall be subject to the penalty or penalties applicable
as if
the posted speed limit
were ten (10) miles per hour higher
.
As used in this section,
"
motorcycle
,
"
"passenger car,"
"pickup"
and "vehicle"
mean as defined in W.S. 31
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1
‑
101
.

31
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5
‑
301.

Maximum speed limits.

(b)

Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with subsection (a) of this section,
subject to W.S. 31
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5
‑
203(b),

the limits specified in this subsection or established as otherwise authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds and no person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of maximum limits:

(c)

Subject to W.S. 31
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5
‑
203(b), t
he maximum speed limits set forth in this section may be altered as authorized in W.S. 31
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5
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302 and 31
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5
‑
303.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2011.

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