In this scenario, can you overtake the vehicle in front of you?

In the video, you are driving in the evening on a two-way road with one lane in each direction; a dark car is in front of you, and the road bends to the right behind a fence and trees that hide the next section. You are not allowed to overtake the vehicle in front of you. The answer is: no.

The Road Traffic Act states that before overtaking, the driver of a vehicle is obliged to make sure that they have adequate visibility and sufficient space to overtake without obstructing anyone's traffic. On a road with one lane in each direction, overtaking means driving in the lane for the opposite direction, so you must see the whole section you will use and know that nobody is coming along it. Here the road bends to the right, and the fence and trees on the right as well as the buildings block the view - you do not know what is beyond the bend: maybe a car coming from the opposite direction, maybe a cyclist, maybe a junction. This bend is not marked with a warning sign - in that case the ban would follow directly from the Act - so the ban here comes from the lack of visibility and space. You stay behind the car and overtake only on a straight section with good visibility.

Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 1 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)