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In the given situation you encounter the sign “Overtaking of motor vehicles, except motorcycles without sidecar, prohibited”. This sign prohibits you from overtaking all motor vehicles, except motorcycles without sidecar and mopeds.
Therefore, in the given situation you cannot overtake any motor vehicle, but you may overtake motorcycles without sidecar and mopeds, because these are considered exceptions from this prohibition. Also, you are allowed to overtake simple vehicles (bicycles, animal‑drawn vehicles, vehicles pulled or pushed by hand).
To ensure a proper lateral safety distance, the drivers of motor vehicles (except motor vehicles with two wheels) will perform the overtaking maneuver of bicycles or electric scooters respecting, besides the obligations regarding the overtaking maneuver, also the following obligations, depending on the speed at which they move (art. 118 paragraph 2 of the Regulation):
In conclusion, if you move with up to 50 km/h you are obliged at least to cross the marking, and if you move with more than 50 km/h you are obliged at least to pass with half of the width of the motor vehicle over the marking. It must be remembered that the above are not only recommendations, these are obligations, and their non‑compliance is sanctioned according to the law.
It must be remembered that if a road section has this marking made with a continuous line you can no longer perform the overtaking of bicycles or electric scooters, because the crossing or passing over this continuous line marking is prohibited, and for overtaking these vehicles the crossing or passing over this marking is mandatory. The only option, according to the rules, is to drive behind these vehicles until the end of the continuous line marking and the beginning of the broken line marking which can be crossed and the overtaking of these vehicles can be performed according to the rules.
These legislative provisions regarding the overtaking of bicycles or electric scooters were added in 2021 to road legislation.
The correct answer is: A
Regulation** - Article 120
(1) Is prohibited the overtaking of vehicles:
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h) in the action area of the sign "Overtaking prohibited";
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Regulation** - Article 118
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(2) For ensuring the lateral safety distance, when overtaking a bicycle or an electric scooter the drivers of motor vehicles, other than those that move on two wheels, perform this maneuver by passing over the longitudinal marking separating the directions of travel or separating the lanes on the same direction, with at least half of the width of the motor vehicle when its speed is greater than 50 km/h, or at least by crossing these markings when the speed is at most 50 km/h. (Paragraph (2) was modified and updated on www.scoalarutiera.ro on 06-10-2021)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)
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