What should you pay most attention to while you're passing another vehicle?
Show the correct answer
Correct answer
C. To keeping a safe distance.
Explanation
Passing an oncoming vehicle (wymijanie) means driving past a vehicle coming from the opposite direction. The most important thing in this manoeuvre is to keep a safe lateral clearance from the vehicle you are passing - answer C. On a narrow road, this means moving closer to the right-hand edge, reducing speed and sometimes even stopping.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver, when passing an oncoming vehicle, to keep a safe distance from the vehicle or road user being passed and, if necessary, to move to the right and reduce speed or stop. The position of your hands on the steering wheel (A) and the vehicles behind you (B) are important during the whole journey, but they do not decide the safety of passing - what decides it is the distance between your mirrors and the mirrors of the oncoming car.
Legal basis: Art. 2 point 26 and Art. 23 para. 1 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)