In this situation, are you allowed to overtake the rail vehicle on the right?

In the video, you are driving in town on the right-hand side of the roadway, and on your left a tram is travelling in the same direction on the tram tracks; ahead of you there is a junction with traffic lights and signs D-1 and B-21. You are allowed to overtake the tram on the right. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act states that a rail vehicle may be overtaken only on the right, unless the position of the tracks makes such overtaking impossible or the overtaking takes place on a one-way roadway. This is the reverse of the general rule, because the tracks usually run down the middle of the roadway, and overtaking a tram on the left would mean entering the lane for the opposite direction. In the video, the tram is on the left and you have a clear stretch of roadway on the right - the conditions are met. You remember the general rules: before the manoeuvre you make sure that you have space and visibility, and at a tram stop without a traffic island you stop when the tram is standing at the stop or entering it, to let the passengers pass. At a junction with traffic lights, that is, with traffic controlled by signals, overtaking is not prohibited, and the ban at a pedestrian crossing does not apply where traffic is controlled.

Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 4 and para. 1 and Art. 26 para. 6 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)