14. Overtaking
14.1.

Paragraph 14.1 was removed from the Traffic Rules on the basis of Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 111 dated 11.02.2013.


14.2.

Before starting to overtake, the driver must make sure that:

a) none of the drivers of vehicles moving behind him and for whom an obstacle may be created has started overtaking;

b) the driver of the vehicle moving ahead in the same lane has not given a signal of intention to turn left (change lanes);

c) the oncoming traffic lane into which the driver intends to enter is free of vehicles at a sufficient distance for overtaking;

d) after overtaking, the driver will be able to return to the occupied lane without creating an obstacle for the vehicle being overtaken.


14.3.

The driver of the vehicle being overtaken is prohibited from obstructing overtaking by increasing speed or by other actions.


14.4.

If, on a road outside a populated area, the road situation does not allow overtaking agricultural machinery whose width exceeds 2.6 m, a slow-moving or oversized vehicle, its driver must move as far to the right as possible and, if necessary, stop on the shoulder and let the vehicles moving behind pass.


14.5.

A driver overtaking may remain in the oncoming traffic lane if, after returning to the previously occupied lane, the driver would have to start overtaking again, provided that no danger is created for oncoming vehicles and that no obstacle is created for vehicles moving behind at a higher speed.


14.6.

Overtaking is prohibited:

a) at an intersection;

b) at railway crossings and closer than 100 m before them;

c) closer than 50 m before a pedestrian crossing in a populated area and 100 m outside a populated area;

d) at the end of an ascent, on bridges, overpasses, viaducts, sharp turns, and other road sections with limited visibility or in conditions of insufficient visibility;

e) of a vehicle performing overtaking or bypassing;

f) in tunnels;

g) on roads having two or more lanes for movement in one direction;

h) of a column of vehicles behind which a vehicle with a flashing beacon switched on (except an orange one) is moving.