What distance should you maintain when overtaking a motorcyclist?

In the photo, you are driving on a motorway along noise barriers, and in front of you there is a motorcyclist in a helmet and jacket, with side panniers. When overtaking a motorcyclist, you should keep a distance of not less than 1 metre - answer C. A distance of less than a metre (A) is prohibited, and "any safe distance" (B) was the rule before the 2011 amendment.

The Road Traffic Act requires you to exercise particular caution when overtaking, in particular to keep a safe distance from the vehicle or road user being overtaken, and states that when overtaking a bicycle, a cycle cart, a moped, a motorcycle, an electric scooter, a personal transport device (UTO), a person using a mobility aid or a column of pedestrians, this distance must not be less than 1 m. A motorcycle is a two-wheeler: the gust of air from a car passing it, especially at motorway speeds, can make the machine wobble, and the rider has no car body to protect them if they are brushed by a car. A metre is the minimum - on a two-lane roadway you overtake by taking up the whole left lane, without squeezing close to the line, and you return to the right lane only when you can see the motorcyclist in your interior mirror.

Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)