In this situation, can you bypass the car in front of you?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are driving along a city street behind a white car; a double solid line separates your side of the roadway from traffic in the opposite direction, there are parked cars on the right, and the white car stops before a pedestrian crossing to let a person cross. In this situation, you are not allowed to go around the vehicle in front of you. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act prohibits going around a vehicle that was travelling in the same direction but has stopped to give way to a pedestrian; the Regulation on road signs and signals adds that the double solid line P-4 separates lanes for opposite directions and that crossing it is prohibited. The car stopped before the zebra crossing hides the pedestrian from you - if you went around it, you would drive straight into a person. You stop behind the white car and move off when it moves off.
Legal basis: Art. 26 para. 3 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 86 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals