You are driving a lorry of gross vehicle weight rating of 12 tones. Are you allowed in this situation to overtake the passenger car?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you are driving on a dual carriageway in a town; on the right there are signs B-26 "no overtaking by lorries" and B-33 "70", and in front of you there are a passenger car and a lorry. When driving a lorry with a maximum permissible mass of 12 t, you are not allowed to overtake the passenger car. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that sign B-26 prohibits the driver of a lorry with a maximum permissible mass over 3.5 t, a road tractor or a special vehicle over 3.5 t from overtaking multi-track power-driven vehicles. Your lorry is 12 t, and a passenger car is a multi-track power-driven vehicle - so the ban covers exactly this situation. It does not matter that the road is a dual carriageway and has three lanes in your direction: B-26 prohibits the overtaking manoeuvre itself, also using the left lane. The ban applies until sign B-28 "end of no overtaking by lorries", until the nearest junction or until sign B-42. Sign B-33 additionally limits the speed to 70 km/h, but if this is a built-up area, a lorry over 3.5 t is still limited to 50 km/h, because B-33 with a value above 50 does not apply to it.
Legal basis: § 23 para. 3 and 5, § 27 para. 3 and § 32 para. 1 and 2 of the Regulation on road signs and signals