Are you allowed to begin overtaking in this situation?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are driving on a two-way road among fields behind a lorry with a semi-trailer; the lanes are separated by a broken line, but another lorry is coming from the opposite direction, and the high semi-trailer in front of you blocks your view of the road. You are not allowed to start overtaking. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you, before overtaking, to make sure that you have adequate visibility and enough space to overtake without obstructing anyone's traffic. Overtaking a vehicle combination more than ten metres long requires several hundred metres of free road, and the vehicle from the opposite direction closes this space to you. You stay behind the lorry at a distance that lets you see the road in front of it, and wait until the lane for the opposite direction is empty over a long section.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)