In this situation, are you allowed to overtake the vehicle moving in the right lane?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving in the left lane of a wide street in town, over tram tracks built into the roadway; a silver minivan is driving in the right lane, and in front of the junction the traffic lights show green. You are allowed to overtake the vehicle in the right lane. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to overtake on the left and allows it when you have adequate visibility and space, nobody behind you has started overtaking, and the vehicle being overtaken is not signalling a change of lane or direction; the ban on overtaking at a junction does not cover junctions where traffic is controlled by traffic lights. Driving in the left lane with the tracks, you go past the minivan on its left, which is the standard way of overtaking. However, you watch out for a tram that may come from behind in your lane, and check whether the minivan is switching on its left indicator.
Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 1, 3 and 7 point 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)