{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-3640","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3640","heading":"Motorcycle entitled to full use of lane; riding two or more abreast; overtaking and passing; operation in other instances.","body":"(a) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane.\n(b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.\n(c) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic, or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.\n(d) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane.\n(e) Items (b) and (c) shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 5 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways","ARTICLE 29 Motorcyclists; Rights and Duties Thereof"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:52:34Z","sha256":"d3d2ce0d9983d4173c5866e6591def567e9a867ec4ced4282dc4654da4fbd0ac","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-3630","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-3650"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}