When driving a bus, you are about to overtake a motorcycle by making a noticeable lateral deviation, but without occupying the adjacent lane. Are you required to signal that lateral movement?

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Every driver must warn, sufficiently in advance, of any maneuver involving a lateral movement with optical signals (General Traffic Regulations, Article 109(1)), and, when overtaking requires it, give warning before starting it (Article 84(1)). A lateral movement is signaled with the direction indicator on the side toward which it will be made, and the warning ends when the vehicle takes up its new path (Article 109(2)(a)). When the overtaking is finished, the return to the lane must also be warned of with the required signals (Article 85(3)). It is not necessary to enter the adjacent lane: a noticeable lateral movement is enough for it to have to be signaled, and it does not depend on the vehicle being overtaken having two wheels.

When driving a bus, you are about to overtake a motorcycle by making a noticeable lateral deviation, but without occupying the adjacent lane. Are you required to signal that lateral movement?

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