You are driving a passenger car. In this situation, are you allowed to overtake after the visible sign?

In the video you are driving on a three-lane dual carriageway between noise barriers; on the right there is a round sign with a red border showing a red lorry and a black car - B-26 "no overtaking by lorries". When driving a passenger car, you are allowed to overtake beyond this sign. The answer is: yes.

The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign B-26 "no overtaking by lorries" prohibits the driver of a lorry with a maximum permissible mass over 3.5 t, of a road tractor (ciągnik samochodowy), and of a special vehicle or a vehicle used for special purposes with a maximum permissible mass over 3.5 t from overtaking multi-track power-driven vehicles. A passenger car does not belong to any of these groups, so the sign does not apply to you - you overtake under the general rules: in the left lane, exercising particular caution and keeping a safe distance, after making sure that nobody behind has started overtaking. You can recognise sign B-26 by the red lorry on the left; the similar sign B-25 "no overtaking" has two passenger cars, a red one and a black one, and applies to all drivers of power-driven vehicles. The end of the B-26 ban is marked by sign B-28, and the end of B-25 by sign B-27.

Legal basis: § 23 para. 3 and 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 24 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)