Page 838 - The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

810 MOTOR VEHICLES (DRIVING) REGULATIONS, 2017 REG. 15

(b) if prohibited by any mandatory traffic signs;
(c) by crossing the continuous single or double solid longitudinal lane
marking dividing the road;
(d) on a bend or corner or at any obstruction of any kind resulting in the
road ahead not being clearly visible;
(e) at junctions, intersections and pedestrian crossings;
(f) at a transit location where the road narrows or where lanes on the
carriage way are reduced in width;
(g) on a narrow culvert; or

(h) on a road where ‘School Zone’ or ‘Hospital Zone’ or ‘Construction
Zone’ is indicated by road signs.
(6) The driver shall use the direction indicators to show his intention to
overtake and, after manoeuvring the overtaking, return to the left side of the road
as quickly as possible.
(7) No driver shall give a right turn indicator to signal permission to the
following vehicle to overtake him.
(8) Outside built up areas, the driver shall signal his intention to overtake
the vehicle ahead of him by blowing the horn for a very short duration or by
headlight flasher signal and may overtake the vehicle after getting a signal for
overtaking from the driver in front or if the way ahead is clear.
(9) If a vehicle is overtaking another vehicle, the driver of the vehicle being
overtaken shall not increase its speed or impede the overtaking vehicle’s safe
return to the left lane.
15. Merging in traffic
(1) A motor vehicle entering a national highway or a State highway or a major
district road shall give way to traffic on the highway or the major district road,
as the case may be.
(2) At an intersection of two roads of same category, the driver of the motor
vehicle on the right shall have the right of way.
(3) Wherever applicable, the driver shall use the acceleration for merging lane
to build up speed of the vehicle before merging it in the traffic on the highway
or on the major district road.
(4) Before and while merging in the traffic, the driver shall keep a close watch
on the traffic through rear view mirror and side-view mirrors and signal his
intention to merge.
(5) The driver shall not attempt to overtake a vehicle or vehicles ahead of
him unless he has stayed long enough in the left-hand lane or the lane in which
he had been driving.