Are you allowed to start overtaking a vehicle at this section of the road?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving along a suburban street behind a red car; the centre of the roadway is marked by a double solid line P-4, and on the right there is a pavement with a red cycle path. On this section you must not start overtaking. The answer is: no.
The Regulation on road signs and signals states that marking P-4 "double solid line" separates lanes for opposite directions and means a ban on crossing this line and driving onto it; and overtaking on a roadway with one lane in each direction requires moving into the opposite lane. The Road Traffic Act requires you, before overtaking, to make sure that you have enough space and visibility, and here the rules exclude the manoeuvre altogether. A double solid line is used on sections where overtaking is particularly dangerous, for example near entrances to properties and pedestrian crossings. You follow the car and wait for a broken line.
Legal basis: § 86 para. 5 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 24 para. 1 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)