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West Virginia Code Chapter 17C. Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road § 17C-7-5. Same --Limitations on overtaking on the left;  penalty

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(a) No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle 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 vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken.  In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to the right-hand side of the roadway before coming within one hundred feet of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction.

(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars;  upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars;  and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

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