Should you resign from overtaking in this situation?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you are driving behind a car on a two-way road, and on the right there is sign A-1 "dangerous right bend". The bend is just ahead of you and hides what is coming from the opposite direction. Starting to overtake in this place is prohibited and dangerous, so you should give it up. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits overtaking a power-driven vehicle on a bend marked with warning signs, and separately requires you to make sure before overtaking that you have enough visibility and space. Here you meet neither of these conditions: even if you started the manoeuvre before the sign, you would finish it in the bend, in the lane for oncoming traffic. You wait for a straight section with good visibility.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 1 point 1 and para. 7 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 4 para. 1 point 1 of the Regulation on road signs and signals