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189.300 Vehicles to keep to right.

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189.300 Vehicles to keep to right. (1) The operator of any vehicle when upon a highway shall travel upon the right side of the highway whenever possible, and unless the left side of the highway is clear of <br>all other traffic or obstructions for a sufficient distance ahead to permit the <br>overtaking and passing of another vehicle to be completed without interfering with <br>the operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle <br>being overtaken. The overtaking vehicle shall return to the proper traffic lane as <br>soon as practicable and, if the passing vehicle enters the oncoming traffic lane, <br>before coming within two hundred (200) feet of any approaching vehicle. (2) The operator of any vehicle moving slowly upon a highway shall keep his vehicle as closely as practicable to the right-hand boundary of the highway, allowing more <br>swiftly moving vehicles reasonably free passage to the left. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 12, effective July 12, 2006. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. <br>secs. 2739g-35, 2739g-45.