The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
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MISCELLANEOUS RULES
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1115)
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§ 1115. Operating motorcycles and motor-driven cycles on roadways laned for traffic
(a) All motorcycles or motor-driven cycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor
vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle or motor-driven
cycle of the full use of a lane.
(b) The operator of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle shall not overtake and pass in
the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.
(c) No person shall operate a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle between lanes of traffic
or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
(d) No motorcycle or motor-driven cycle may be operated in the same lane with, and alongside
or closer than 10 feet ahead of, or 10 feet behind another motorcycle, motor-driven
cycle, or other motor vehicle.
(e) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to police officers in the
performance of their official duties. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973; amended 1977, No. 20, § 3; 2009, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 19g, eff. Sept. 1, 2010.)