No-passing zones.

New Orleans City Code § 154-377

in effect

Sec. 154-377. - No-passing zones. (a) The city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine those portions of any highway where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous, and may, when appropriate signs or markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of such zones, and when such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof. (b) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (a) of this section no driver shall at any time drive on the left side of the roadway within such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designated to mark such no-passing zones throughout its length. (Code 1956, § 38-89)

Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH154TRVE_ARTVOPVE_DIV2RURO_S154-377SSZOFetched: 10/28/2026