Will you refrain from overtaking in this situation?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving in town on a street with a centre line and a solid line near the right-hand edge; on the right, beyond this line, a female cyclist with a backpack is riding towards a pedestrian crossing marked with sign D-6, without traffic lights, and a white car is coming out of a property on the left. In this situation you will refrain from overtaking. The answer is: yes.
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. The cyclist is right in front of a crossing without traffic lights, so overtaking her now would happen in the prohibited place, and a pedestrian stepping on from the right could end up right in front of you during the manoeuvre. There are two more reasons: when overtaking a bicycle you must keep a distance of at least 1 m, which means driving onto the left part of the roadway, and it is exactly there, from the property on the left, that a car is coming out - and before overtaking you must make sure that you have enough space without obstructing anyone. You slow down, stay behind the cyclist, let pedestrians cross if they appear, and overtake only after the crossing, when the left side of the roadway is clear.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 3 point 1 and para. 1 and Art. 24 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 47 para. 1 and 4 of the Regulation on road signs and signals