Are you allowed in this situation to overtake the vehicle?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving on a narrow country road without road markings, behind a red car that switches on its brake lights; a pedestrian is walking towards you along the left side of the roadway. There is neither the space nor the conditions to overtake safely here. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you, before overtaking, to make sure that you have enough visibility and enough space to overtake without obstructing anyone's movement, and during the manoeuvre to keep a safe distance from the vehicle being overtaken and from other road users. If you overtook on such a narrow road, you would almost brush against the pedestrian, and the braking car signals that something is happening in front of it. You stay behind it and slow down.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)