In this situation, is it forbidden to overtake the cyclist?

In the video, you are driving on a narrow road through a village; in front of you, at the right edge of the roadway, a lone cyclist in a dark jacket is riding, a white van is coming from the opposite direction and passing you, and the centre of the roadway is marked with broken lines. The road bends slightly, but there are no signs here warning of a bend, a hill, a junction or a pedestrian crossing. In this situation, overtaking the cyclist is not prohibited. The answer is: no.

The Road Traffic Act prohibits overtaking only in specific places, for example when approaching the top of a hill, on a bend marked with warning signs, at a junction or on a pedestrian crossing; an ordinary stretch of road through a village is not one of them, and a broken line allows you to drive onto the left half of the roadway. When overtaking a bicycle, you exercise particular caution and keep a lateral clearance of not less than 1 m. So you wait until the van has passed you, make sure that nothing else is coming, switch on your indicator and overtake in a wide arc, returning to the right lane only well ahead of the cyclist.

Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 1, 2 and 7 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)