DIVISION 11. RULES OF THE ROAD 21000-23336›CHAPTER 3. Driving, Overtaking, and Passing 21650-21760›ARTICLE 1. Driving on Right Side 21650-21664

§ 21661

California Vehicle Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Whenever upon any grade the width of the roadway is insufficient to permit the passing of vehicles approaching from opposite directions at the point of meeting, the driver of the vehicle descending the grade shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle ascending the grade and shall, if necessary, back his vehicle to a place in the highway where it is possible for the vehicles to pass.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

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