Do you have to exercise extra caution when overtaking the cyclist?

In the video you are driving along a street through a village; in front of you, near the right edge of the roadway, there is a cyclist, and the road is clear. When overtaking the cyclist, you must exercise particular caution. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act requires a driver who is overtaking to exercise particular caution, and especially to keep a safe distance from the vehicle or road user being overtaken; when overtaking a bicycle, an electric scooter, a moped or a motorcycle, this distance must not be less than 1 m. Before the manoeuvre you make sure that you have enough visibility and space, that nobody has started overtaking you and that the cyclist is not signalling a left turn. A cyclist is unprotected and unstable: they may swerve to go around a pothole or a drain cover, wobble in the wind or turn into a gateway without signalling; being hit at 50 km/h usually ends tragically for them. That is why 1 m is the minimum - when the roadway allows, you give more, and if something is coming from the opposite direction, you wait behind the bicycle instead of squeezing past. You return to the right-hand side only when you can see the cyclist in the interior mirror.

Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)