{"data":{"id":"us-nm/66-7-312","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"66-7-312","heading":"Limitations on overtaking on the left.","body":"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 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.","path":["Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles","ARTICLE 7 Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18569/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"1a03f92d711f13591d27fae23ab0febc0316fcb46f4fde1401f4d6709830ed92","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/66-7-311","next":"us-nm/66-7-313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}