In this situation, when overtaking a pedestrian, are you obliged to exercise extra caution?

In the video, you are driving along a narrow residential street between parked cars; in front of you, a man in a grey sweatshirt is walking on the roadway in the same direction, and on the right there is a red-and-white post. When overtaking him, you are obliged to exercise particular caution. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act states that when overtaking, the driver of a vehicle is obliged to exercise particular caution, and in particular to keep a safe distance from the vehicle or road user being overtaken. Overtaking means driving past a vehicle or road user moving in the same direction - a pedestrian walking on the roadway in front of you is a road user, so when you go past him, you are overtaking, and the same rule applies to you as when overtaking a car. Particular caution means increased attention and readiness to react quickly: a pedestrian has no mirrors, may not hear you, and may suddenly turn towards a parked car or cross to the other side. The Act does not give a number of metres for a single pedestrian (the one-metre rule applies, among other cases, to a column of pedestrians), but it is sensible to keep at least a metre and a speed only slightly higher than his. If there is no space between the pedestrian and the parked cars, you drive behind him.

Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 2 and para. 1 point 1 and Art. 2 point 17 and 28 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)