Overtaking or passing is the act of driving around another slower automobile on a road. The lane used for passing or overtaking another vehicle is almost always on an inside lane, toward the center of the road and away from the road shoulder — that is, to the left in places that drive on the right, and right in places that drive on the left, according to the rules of the road. Driving is the controlled operation of a vehicle, which is usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, motorcycle, or car. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... A road is a strip of land, smoothed or otherwise prepared to allow easier travel, connecting two or more destinations. ... For people named Lane, please see Lane (people) The word lane has two meanings: A narrow road, usually lacking a shoulder or a median. ... A hard shoulder or simply shoulder is a reserved area alongside the verge of a road or motorway. ... Red = drive on right Blue = drive on left Rules of the road are the general practices and procedures followed by people on roads, especially those driving cars or on bicycles or other vehicles. ...

On a rural two-lane road, the passing lane is often in the direction of oncoming traffic, and is only allowed on long straightaways with plenty of visibility. Despite the obvious danger, head-on collisions are relatively uncommon, mainly because there are so few people in such areas. The passing zone is generally indicated by a single broken centerline (yellow in most countries) if passing is allowed in either direction, or paired with a single solid line beside it to indicate there is no passing from the solid side. Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ... In many parts of the world traffic is generally organized, flowing in lanes of travel for a particular direction, with interchanges, traffic signals, or signage at intersectons to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic. ... In meteorology, visibility is a measure of the distance that can be seen clearly at any given time. ... A Head-on Collision is one where the front end of the ship, train, plane or vehicle hit each other, as disinct from a side-collision or rear-end collision. ...

On a multi-lane highway/motorway or arterial road, any lane can be a passing lane, though many in places (including Germany) passing in an outside lane is prohibited. Lanes are normally separated by broken lines (usually white), but may be a single solid white to indicate lane-changing is allowed but discouraged. Double lines indicate that passing or other lane-changing is prohibited, such as in tunnels or sometimes for HOV lanes and HOT lanes. Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... A motorway (Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ... An arterial road is a high-capacity road which is just below a highway level of service. ... An underground pedestrian tunnel between buildings at MIT. Note the utility pipes running along the ceiling. ... A permanent, separated high-occupancy vehicle lane on I-91 in Connecticut A high occupancy vehicle (or HOV) is any vehicle with a driver and one or more (or sometimes two or more, or three or more) passengers. ... Highway A High occupancy toll (HOT) is a toll enacted on single occupant vehicles who wish to use roads, and lanes within roads, designated for the use of high occupancy vehicles (HOVs). ...

Overtaking in an HOV or HOT lane is usually illegal for cars that do not meet the HOV/HOT criteria, except when directed by police due to a car accident. It may also be illegal to overtake in such a lane at all because weaving in and out of traffic often leads other drivers to tap their brakes, slowing down the flow, contrary to the intent of the lanes. A car accident in Yate, near Bristol, England, in July 2004. ... For the type of ferns known as brakes, see brake (fern). ...

A few places also use the one-broken/one-solid marking at entrance ramps, to indicate to highway drivers that the new lane merges and does not continue, so they do not attempt to pass in a lane that ends shortly. This is also used at other points where lanes merge. In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ...