Is overtaking allowed at the visible pedestrian crossing?

In the video, you are driving along a street in a town and approaching a pedestrian crossing; sign D-6 "pedestrian crossing" hangs above the roadway on an overhead arm, and there are white stripes on the roadway. Overtaking is not allowed at this crossing. The answer is: no.

The Road Traffic Act prohibits a driver from overtaking a vehicle on a pedestrian crossing and immediately before it, except at a crossing where traffic is controlled - that is, one with working traffic lights or a person directing traffic. There are no traffic lights here, so the ban applies in full. The reason is simple: the vehicle you are overtaking hides the crossing from you, and you hide it from that vehicle - a pedestrian stepping onto the crossing from behind the car being overtaken cannot be seen until the last moment, and the overtaking driver is going faster and will not manage to brake. In addition, the Act requires you to exercise particular caution before a crossing, reduce speed and give way to a pedestrian on the crossing or stepping onto it, and it also prohibits going around a vehicle that has stopped to give way to a pedestrian. You overtake only beyond the crossing, when you can see that the roadway and pavements are clear.

Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 1 and para. 3 point 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals