Speeding Ticket, Traffic Ticket, and Traffic Violation Defense Attorney & Lawyer with offices in Perrysburg, Ohio, and Lambertville, Michigan, serving the Toledo, Perrysburg, and Northwest Ohio area.

Kenneth C. Walz, JD, RRT-NPS aggressively defends the legal rights of those who have been cited and/ or charged for Overtaking and Passing on the Left of Center of Roadway in the Perrysburg, Maumee, Sylvania, Toledo, Lambertville or the Northwest Ohio and Southwest Michigan areas. Contact Mr. Walz, an experienced Overtaking and Passing on the Left of Center of Roadway Defense Attorney - Lawyer by calling (419) 931-0067 (Ohio) or (734) 568-0136 (Michigan).

Listed below is information regarding the law as it relates to Overtaking and Passing on the Left of Center of Roadway in the State of Ohio.

Overtaking and Passing on the Left of Center of Roadway

Criminal Offense: Yes - Misdemeanor of the Fifth Degree (Minor Misdemeanor)

Moving or Nonmoving Violation: Moving Violation

Point On Drivers License: 2

Conviction Penalties: no incarceration, $150 maximum fine

Overtaking and Passing on the Left of Center of Roadway - If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense

Criminal Offense: Yes - Misdemeanor of the Forth Degree

Moving or Nonmoving Violation: Moving Violation

Point On Drivers License: 2

Conviction Penalties: not more than 30 days incarceration, $250 maximum fine

Overtaking and Passing on the Left of Center of Roadway - If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses

Criminal Offense: Yes - Misdemeanor of the Third Degree

Moving or Nonmoving Violation: Moving Violation

Point On Drivers License: 2

Conviction Penalties: not more than 60 days incarceration, $500 maximum fine

What the Statute Says:

4511.29 Driving to left of center of roadway in overtaking and passing traffic proceeding in same direction.

(A) No vehicle or trackless trolley shall be driven to the left of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing traffic proceeding in the same direction, unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made, without interfering with the safe operation of any traffic approaching from the opposite direction or any traffic overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle or trackless trolley must return to an authorized lane of travel as soon as practicable and in the event the passing movement involves the use of a lane authorized for traffic approaching from the opposite direction, before coming within two hundred feet of any approaching vehicle.

(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

Effective Date: 01-01-2004

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Overtaking and Passing on the Left of Center of Roadway

Speeding Ticket, Traffic Ticket, and Traffic Violation Defense Attorney & Lawyer with offices in Perrysburg, Ohio, and Lambertville, Michigan, serving the Toledo, Perrysburg, and Northwest Ohio area.

4511.29 Driving to left of center of roadway in overtaking and passing traffic proceeding in same direction.

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