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Vermont Statutes Title 23. Motor Vehicles, § 1115. Operating motorcycles and motor-driven cycles on roadways laned for traffic

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(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 along side of 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.

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