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ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 122

122 .         Overtaking

        (1)         When overtaking a moving vehicle, a driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle) shall, except as provided in subregulations (2) and (3), pass to the right of that vehicle, at a safe distance.

        Points: 2         Modified penalty: 2 PU

        (2)         Where a carriageway is a one-way carriageway, or has 2 or more marked lanes for vehicles travelling in the same direction, a driver may overtake and pass to the left of a vehicle, if conditions permit him or her to do so with safety.

        (3)         A driver overtaking a vehicle making, or apparently about to make, a right turn shall pass to the left of it and of any vehicle that may be stationary behind it.

        Points: 2         Modified penalty: 2 PU

        (4)         The rider of a bicycle shall not ride past, or overtake, to the left of a vehicle that is making, or apparently about to make, a left turn, or is signalling a left turn.

        Modified penalty: 2 PU



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