When a white unbroken separation line is marked on the roadway, is it permitted to overtake a vehicle that is lawfully driving on the road’s “hard shoulders”?
- Yes, but provided that the overtaken vehicle is a motorcycle.
- No, it is prohibited to overtake.
- Correct answer: Yes, but provided that the overtaking vehicle doesn’t cross the unbroken white line with any of its wheels.
- Yes, but only if the overtaking vehicle is slow.
Why this is the answer
The correct answer in the official bank: Yes, but provided that the overtaking vehicle doesn’t cross the unbroken white line with any of its wheels.
An unbroken white separation line forbids crossing it or driving on it, but it does not ban overtaking as such. A vehicle lawfully using the hard shoulder is to the right of your lane, so you can pass it while staying in your lane and keeping all wheels off the line. The ban applies only to crossing the line, not to the type of vehicle involved.