These actions are prohibited by law when you're passing another vehicle:
- crossing the white line beside the shoulder
- using the shoulder to pass
- crossing a double-yellow line
- crossing a single yellow line on your side with a broken line on the other side
- moving into the passing lane if there is an approaching vehicle, regardless of the lines marked on the road
- no clear sight ahead to make a pass
- not enough distance ahead to make a pass safely
- passing in an intersection -- a big no-no all the time
- disregarding any posted "do not pass" signs
- disregarding any posted sign that has nothing directly to do with passing, such as curve ahead 20MPH
- acting unsafe in a construction zone
- being unsafe when passing a horse drawn buggy or agricultural vehicle
- hugging a tractor trailer without completing the pass
- blowing your horn before, during, or after passing a vehicle
- blowing your horn at all when horses or other livestock are present
- speeding to pass the vehicle; exceeding the speed limit
- drag racing beside the other vehicle
- speeding up then falling back but never completing the pass
- flashing your high beams as you pass the other vehicle
- using any gestures that indicate road rage, etc. as you pass the vehicle
- running out of broken line to make the pass or forcing oncoming traffic out of their lane
- cutting back to the right lane without "safe distance" between you and the vehicle you had been passing
- any action you make that causes a collision or runs another driver off the road
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