In this situation, can you overtake the cyclist if you keep to the distance of 0.5 m?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are driving on a two-way road outside a built-up area, where the centre of the roadway is marked with a double solid line. In front of you, right next to the right edge of the roadway, a cyclist is riding, and a light-coloured pickup is coming from the opposite direction. A distance of 0.5 m from the bicycle is too little - the Road Traffic Act requires at least 1 m, and with a double solid line and a vehicle coming from the opposite direction, you have no way of providing it. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you, when overtaking, to exercise particular caution and keep a safe distance, and when overtaking a bicycle, this distance must not be less than 1 m. Half a metre is a distance at which the cyclist may catch your mirror or fall over from the rush of air. In this situation, you slow down, drive behind the cyclist and overtake only where the solid line ends, no one is coming from the opposite direction and you can move out by a full metre or more.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); § 86 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals