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ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 122

ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 122

122 .         Overtaking

        (1)         When overtaking a moving vehicle, a driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle or electric rideable device) must, 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 in another marked lane 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 or U turn from the middle of the carriageway and giving a right change of direction signal, must pass to the left of it and of any vehicle that may be stationary behind it, but only if it is safe to do so.

        Points: 2         Modified penalty: 2 PU

        (4)         The rider of a bicycle or electric rideable device must 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

        [Regulation 122 amended: Gazette 13 Nov 2009 p. 4589‑90; SL 2020/253 r. 28; SL 2021/200 r. 34.]