In this situation, are you prohibited from overtaking the vehicle in front of you on the right-hand side when driving on a one-way road outside a built-up area?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you are driving in the left-hand lane of a one-way roadway of a dual carriageway outside a built-up area, behind a grey car; the right-hand lane is free. In this situation the ban on overtaking the car on the right does not apply to you. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to overtake on the left, but allows overtaking on the right on a section of road with marked lanes on a one-way roadway, provided the general conditions for overtaking are met. The condition about the number of lanes - two in a built-up area, three outside it - applies only to a two-way roadway; on a one-way roadway marked lanes are enough, because there is no risk of driving into an oncoming vehicle. The roadway in the photo is one of the two roadways of a dual carriageway, so it is one-way, and the lanes are marked with a broken line. So you may move into the right-hand lane - indicator, mirrors, blind spot - and pass the grey car on the right, after making sure that you have room and visibility, that no one is overtaking you, and that the driver of the grey car is not signalling a change to the right-hand lane.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 3 and para. 10 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)