In this situation, when driving a lorry with a maximum gross weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes on an expressway, are you allowed to overtake another motor vehicle travelling at 75 km/h?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you see, from the cab of a lorry, a two-lane roadway of an expressway, and ahead of you in the right lane there is a dump truck. You are not allowed to overtake a motor vehicle travelling at 75 km/h - the answer is NO.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits the driver of a lorry of category N2 or N3 from overtaking a motor vehicle on a motorway or an expressway that has only two lanes in a given direction. There are two exceptions: a vehicle travelling much slower than permitted for such lorries on that road, or a vehicle carrying out cleaning, repair or modernisation work with flashing yellow lights switched on. On an expressway a lorry with a maximum permissible mass over 3.5 t may drive at 80 km/h, and a vehicle travelling at 75 km/h is only 5 km/h slower - overtaking would take a very long time and would block the left lane for faster vehicles. That is why you stay behind the dump truck and keep a distance of at least half your speed in metres.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 13 and 14, Art. 20 para. 3 point 2 letter a and Art. 19 para. 3a of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)