The road traffic legislation provides, as a basic rule, that the overtaking maneuver is carried out only on the left side of the overtaken vehicle. However, although the general rule of overtaking vehicles requires that overtaking be carried out on the left side, the road traffic legislation provides that both the tram and the vehicle whose driver has signalled and has positioned correctly for leaving the direction of travel to the left are overtaken on the right side, provided that the remaining space allows the performance of this maneuver. We must take into account that sufficient space must be created to be able to overtake these vehicles on the right side, and if there is not enough space, it is not allowed to drive, even partially, onto the sidewalk.
The correct answer is: C
OUG* - Article 45
(1) Overtaking is the maneuver by which a vehicle passes in front of another vehicle or past an obstacle, located on the same direction of travel, by changing the direction of travel and leaving the traffic lane or the line of vehicles in which it was initially located.
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(5) Overtaking is carried out only on the left side of the overtaken vehicle. The tram or the vehicle whose driver has signalled the intention and has positioned correctly for leaving the direction of travel to the left is overtaken on the right side.
(6) The tram in motion may also be overtaken on the left side when the road is one-way or when there is not enough space between the right-hand rail and the edge of the sidewalk.
* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
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