Monday, October 8, 2007

Overtaking.

Must do:

  1. Overtake only when it is safe to do so.
  2. Pass the vehicle you want to overtake, on the right-hand side of the road.
  3. Only return to the left-hand side of the road, when you are safely past the vehicle you overtook.
  4. When you are being overtaken, keep as far to the left of the road as possible.
  5. You must signal your intentions, so that other road users know what you are going to do before you change lanes, or overtake another vehicle.
  6. Be on the lookout for passengers getting onto or off a bus, or walking in front of or behind the bus.
Must not do:
  1. When your view of oncoming traffic is obstructed by (a) A turn in the road, (b) The crest of a hill or (c) Any other place, it is illegal to overtake.
  2. Where a road marking, traffic sign prohibits overtaking, you may not overtake.
  3. When being overtaken, do not accelerate.
  4. Do not drive over a solid white line road marking, when overtaking.
  5. When approaching the crest of a hill, do not overtake, unless the road is wide enough.
  6. Do not overtake an immobile vehicle at a pedestrian crossing.

You may overtake on the left side of the road:
  1. When you are not going to drive onto the shoulder of the road.
  2. When it is safe to do so.
  3. When the road you are travelling on is a one-way road and it is wide enough for two vehicles to pass.
  4. When a traffic officer instructs you to do so.
  5. When the driver in front of you is busy turning right.
  6. When the driver in front of you is signalling to turn right.
  7. In a two-way rural road which is wide enough to accommodate two traffic lanes, where the traffic travels in the same direction.

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