When a motorcycle overtakes a car outside a built-up area, what minimum lateral separation must be maintained?

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The General Traffic Regulations stipulate that drivers of two-wheeled vehicles (motorcycles), when overtaking another vehicle outside a built-up area, must leave a lateral separation of not less than 1.50 meters. This distance is critical to avoid destabilization from the air displacement (slipstream) generated by the overtaken vehicle. The distance is always measured from the most protruding part of the vehicle (for example, the rearview mirror). Within a built-up area, the rule changes and only a distance proportional to the speed and the width of the roadway would be required.

When a motorcycle overtakes a car outside a built-up area, what minimum lateral separation must be maintained?

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