Are you prohibited from overtaking a motor vehicle travelling on the carriageway at an intersection?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you are driving along a street behind a white car and approaching a junction; on the right there is sign D-2 "end of priority road" - a yellow diamond crossed out with a black stripe. You are prohibited from overtaking a power-driven vehicle travelling on the roadway at this junction. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits overtaking a power-driven vehicle travelling on the roadway at a junction, except at a roundabout or at a junction where traffic is controlled. The list of exceptions is closed: whether or not you have right of way at the junction makes no difference to the ban - many drivers wrongly believe that on a priority road you may overtake at a junction, and the question tests exactly this myth. Here, moreover, sign D-2 tells you that the priority road is ending, so the general rules apply at the nearest junction, and it is certainly not a place for overtaking. The white car may turn left at the junction, and a vehicle from the intersecting road may enter without expecting a car in the left lane. The additional exception applies only to a vehicle signalling a turn, without entering the opposite lane. So you overtake only after the junction.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 7 point 3 and para. 9 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 43 para. 3 of the Regulation on road signs and signals