Are you allowed to pass the preceding stationary vehicle on the left?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are driving along a street in a housing estate, with parked cars on both sides; a military off-road vehicle in front of you stops, and a blue car is coming from the opposite direction. You are not allowed to go around it on the left, because you would enter the path of the oncoming vehicle. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you, when passing a stationary vehicle or obstacle, to keep a safe distance from the vehicle you are passing and to reduce speed if necessary, and it also prohibits any action that could endanger road safety. Going around a stationary vehicle requires moving onto the left part of the roadway, and this is occupied by the approaching car. You stop behind the off-road vehicle, let the oncoming car go, and only when the left side of the roadway is clear do you go around it slowly, keeping a distance.
Legal basis: Art. 23 para. 1 point 2 and Art. 3 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)