When driving a large truck on a road and it is impossible to pull completely over to the right edge of the roadway, are you obliged to signal to the vehicle behind you, which is trying to overtake, that it may carry out the maneuver?

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The General Traffic Regulations (Article 86) provide that, if it is not possible to keep completely to the right edge of the roadway and overtaking can be carried out safely, the driver of a heavy vehicle, a vehicle of large dimensions or one subject to a specific speed limit who is about to be overtaken must indicate this to the approaching driver, by extending the arm horizontally and moving it repeatedly from back to front with the back of the hand facing backward, or with the right indicator. This applies only when the maneuver can be carried out safely, so it is not an obligation in any circumstances. Nor is it true that the driver who is about to be overtaken is never under that obligation: Article 86 imposes it in this case.

When driving a large truck on a road and it is impossible to pull completely over to the right edge of the roadway, are you obliged to signal to the vehicle behind you, which is trying to overtake, that it may carry out the maneuver?

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