While driving on a section where overtaking is prohibited, is it permitted to pass a double-parked vehicle that blocks your lane, having to enter the opposite direction of travel?

Question

DentroTest · Accepted Answer

The General Traffic Regulations (Article 88(2)) establish an exception to the prohibition on overtaking: if, on a section where overtaking is prohibited, there is an immobilized vehicle that fully or partially occupies the lane in the direction of travel (unless the immobilization is imposed by the needs of traffic), it may be passed even if it is necessary to occupy the part of the roadway for the opposite direction, after checking that this can be done without danger. That is why it is permitted to pass the double-parked vehicle, as long as it is first checked that the maneuver is safe. Saying that the prohibition on overtaking admits no exception is incorrect: it confuses overtaking a moving vehicle with passing an immobilized vehicle.

While driving on a section where overtaking is prohibited, is it permitted to pass a double-parked vehicle that blocks your lane, having to enter the opposite direction of travel?

Want to pass the Permit AM (English) theory test first time?