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The road legislation does not provide anything in this regard.
When you intend to overtake cyclists or groups of pedestrians who are moving on the carriageway, you will respect the legal provisions regarding overtaking, because priority is given to all vehicles and pedestrians who have this right.
In the event that the group of pedestrians is an organized group, although this is not specified, you are obliged to drive at a speed that does not exceed 30 km/h in the urban area or 50 km/h outside the urban area when they are on the carriageway of roads with a single lane for each direction of travel.
To ensure an appropriate 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, in addition to the obligations regarding the overtaking maneuver, also the following obligations, depending on the speed at which they are moving (art. 118 paragraph 2 of the Regulation):
In conclusion, if you are moving up to 50 km/h you are obliged at least to cross the marking, and if you are moving with more than 50 km/h you are obliged at least to cross with half of the width of the motor vehicle over the marking. It must be noted that the above are not only recommendations, these are obligations, and their non-observance is sanctioned according to the law.
It should be noted that in the event that a road section has this marking made with a continuous line overtaking bicycles or electric scooters can no longer be performed, because crossing or passing over this marking with a continuous line is prohibited, and for overtaking these vehicles crossing or passing over this marking is mandatory. The only regulatory option is to drive behind these vehicles until the end of the continuous line marking and the beginning of the dashed line marking which can be crossed and the overtaking of these vehicles can be performed legally.
These legislative provisions related to overtaking bicycles or electric scooters were added in 2021 in the road legislation.
For overtaking pedestrians a certain lateral distance is not specified, but it must be a distance that allows the maneuver to be performed in safe conditions. For overtaking bicycles the rules for overtaking from the explanation of answer B apply.
The correct answer is: B
Regulation** - Article 123
The driver of a vehicle is obliged to drive at a speed that does not exceed 30 km/h in the urban area or 50 km/h outside the urban area, in the following situations:
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c) when passing by organized groups, military columns or processions, whether they are moving or standing on the carriageway of roads with a single lane for each direction of travel;
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Regulation** - Article 118
(1) The driver of a vehicle who performs overtaking is obliged:
a) to make sure that the one who follows him or precedes him has not signalled the intention to start a similar maneuver and that he can overtake without endangering or without hindering the traffic from the opposite direction;
b) to signal the intention to perform the overtaking;
c) to keep during the overtaking a sufficient lateral distance from the overtaken vehicle;
d) to return to the lane or to the initial row of travel after he has signalled and has made sure that he can perform this maneuver in safe conditions for the overtaken vehicle and for the other road users.(2) For ensuring the lateral safety distance, when overtaking a bicycle or an electric scooter the drivers of motor vehicles, other than those moving on two wheels, perform this maneuver by crossing the longitudinal marking separating the directions of travel or separating the lanes in 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 travel speed is at most 50 km/h. (Paragraph (2) was amended and updated on www.scoalarutiera.ro on 06-10-2021)
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 moving on two wheels, perform this maneuver by crossing the longitudinal marking separating the directions of travel or separating the lanes in 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 travel speed is at most 50 km/h. (Paragraph (2) was amended and updated on www.scoalarutiera.ro on 06-10-2021)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (the Road Code Regulation)
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