Are you allowed in this situation to overtake the preceding vehicle?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo you are driving on a road outside a built-up area behind a lorry with a semi-trailer; the roadway bends to the left, its centre is marked with a double solid line P-4, and vehicles are coming from the opposite direction. You must not overtake the lorry. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that line P-4 separates lanes with opposite directions of traffic and prohibits crossing it and driving onto it, and the Road Traffic Act requires adequate visibility and enough space without obstructing anyone's traffic before overtaking. On a bend you cannot see what is beyond the lorry, and a long vehicle combination needs several hundred metres of clear road. You stay behind it at a distance that allows you to see the road in front of it, and you wait for a straight section with a broken line.
Legal basis: § 86 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 24 para. 1 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)