Alaska driving lesson · Passing & No-Passing Zones
When you may not pass
A 3-minute lesson from the Alaska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Most no-passing rules exist because you can't see far enough ahead, or because someone may suddenly be in your path. Learn the list, including the exact 100-foot distances.
No-passing situations: on the right, hills, oncoming cars, curves, school buses, railroads
Do not pass:
On the right shoulder of the highway (13 AAC 02.055)
Approaching a hill or curve without a sufficient clear view ahead
Unless you can finish without endangering oncoming traffic and before a solid yellow line in your lane
When a solid yellow line is in your lane
A school bus with red lights flashing and stop arm out, on an undivided road or the same divided travel way
Within 100 feet of, or while crossing, an intersection or railroad crossing
Within 100 feet of a posted narrow bridge, viaduct, or tunnel
On a two-lane road you're 80 feet from an intersection behind a slow tractor. Even with a dashed line and no oncoming traffic, you may not pass within 100 feet of an intersection. Wait until you're through it.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Where is passing always prohibited on a highway?
The right shoulder
In the left lane of a two-lane road
On a straight, level road
On a road with a dashed yellow center line
Answer: The right shoulder
Passing on the right shoulder of the highway is prohibited.
