In the presented situation, are you allowed to keep the distance of 0.5 metre between your vehicle and the cyclist being overtaken?

In the video you are driving along a narrow asphalt road through a village, with no painted lines, and ahead of you, on the right-hand side, there is a cyclist whom you intend to overtake. You must not keep only 0.5 m of distance - when overtaking a bicycle, the distance must be at least 1 m. The answer is: no.

The Road Traffic Act requires the driver to exercise particular caution when overtaking, especially to keep a safe distance from the vehicle or road user being overtaken, and states that when overtaking a bicycle, a cargo tricycle (wózek rowerowy), a moped, a motorcycle, an electric scooter, a personal transport device, a person using a mobility aid or a column of pedestrians, this distance must not be less than 1 m. A cyclist does not ride perfectly straight - he goes around potholes and wobbles in the wind or in the gust from a passing car, so half a metre is too little to avoid catching him with your mirror. On such a narrow road you overtake him by moving onto the left part of the roadway when nothing is coming from the opposite direction, and if there is no room for a metre of distance - you slow down and wait.

Legal basis: Art. 24 para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)