While overtaking this car, are you obliged to exercise special caution?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, you are driving along a wide city street with several lanes in your direction, behind a dark car that you intend to overtake. When overtaking this car, you are obliged to exercise particular caution. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires the driver to exercise particular caution when overtaking, and in particular to keep a safe distance from the vehicle being overtaken; before overtaking, you make sure that you have enough space and visibility, that no one behind you has started overtaking and that the driver in front of you is not signalling a change of lane or direction. Overtaking in a town is usually a change of lanes, so you look in the left mirror and over your shoulder, switch on your indicator and return to the lane only when you can see the overtaken car in the rear-view mirror.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)