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City of Rehoboth Beach, DE
Sussex County
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New Laws (2) Index Notes (5)
A. 
The City Manager is authorized to determine those portions of any street where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may, by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway, indicate the beginning and end of such zones, and when such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof.
B. 
Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in Subsection A, no driver shall at any time drive on the left side of the roadway within such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its length.
Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, each giving to the other, as nearly as possible, 1/2 of the main traveled portion of the roadway.
The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle, except as hereinafter provided.
A. 
The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
(1) 
When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn.
(2) 
Upon any street or roadway which is officially marked for more than one traffic lane in one direction.
(3) 
Upon a one-way street or upon any roadway on which traffic is restricted to one direction of movement whereby the roadway is free from obstructions and of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles.
B. 
The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle upon the right only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. In no event shall such movement be made by driving off the pavement, main traveled portion or regular moving traffic lane of the roadway.
Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of a vehicle about to be overtaken and passed by another vehicle approaching from the rear shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on audible signal and shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
[Amended 10-10-1980 by Ord. No. 1080; 8-13-1982 by Ord. No. 882-2; 7-8-1983 by Ord. No. 783-2; 3-8-1991 by Ord. No. 391-4; 5-16-2005 by Ord. No. 0505-02]
The Parking Division for the City of Rehoboth Beach shall provide the Police Department with the licenses and registration numbers of motor vehicles which have outstanding and overdue parking violations, which citations total in the amount of $50 or more in unpaid fines or total in number of three or more parking tickets, whichever is the lesser.
The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the street.