How should you behave before you start overtaking in good visibility in order to ensure that you have sufficient visibility of the road?
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Correct answer
B. I will keep a sufficient distance from the car in front of me to allow me to watch the road.
Explanation
In the photo you are driving on a straight road outside a town, among fields and forest, behind a silver estate car. Before you start overtaking in good visibility, you keep a distance from the vehicle in front that is enough to watch the road ahead of it - answer B. Getting as close as possible to the car (A) blocks your view of the road, and sounding the horn to force someone to move onto the shoulder (C) is a misuse of the signal and has no basis in the rules.
The Road Traffic Act requires you, before overtaking, to make sure that you have adequate visibility and enough space to overtake without getting in anyone's way, and to keep the distance necessary to avoid a collision if the vehicle in front brakes. Driving a few car lengths behind the estate car, you can see the section of road ahead of it, cars coming from the opposite direction and any junctions, and at the same time you have room to build up speed before moving into the left-hand lane. Only from such a position do you switch on your indicator and overtake.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 1 point 1 and Art. 19 para. 2 point 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)