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In the given situation you encounter the sign “Overtaking motor vehicles, except motorcycles without sidecar, prohibited”. This sign forbids you the overtaking of all motor vehicles, except motorcycles without sidecar and mopeds.

Therefore, in the given situation you cannot overtake any motor vehicle, but you can 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 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, besides the obligations regarding the overtaking maneuver, also the following obligations, depending on the speed with which they move (art. 118 paragraph 2 of the Regulation):

• when they move at a speed of up to 50 km/h, they are obliged to perform the overtaking maneuver by crossing the longitudinal marking separating the traffic directions or the one separating the lanes on the same direction of travel;
• when they move at a speed greater than 50 km/h, they are obliged to perform the overtaking maneuver by passing with at least half of the width of the motor vehicle over the longitudinal marking separating the traffic directions or the one separating the lanes on the same direction of travel.

In conclusion, if you move 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 noted that the above are not only recommendations, these are obligations, and their non‑observance is sanctioned according to the law.

It must be noted that if a road section has this marking made with a continuous line the overtaking of bicycles or electric scooters can no longer be performed, because crossing or passing over this continuous line marking is prohibited, and for overtaking these vehicles crossing or passing over this marking is obligatory. The only regulatory option is to drive behind these vehicles until the end of the continuous line marking and the beginning of the discontinuous line marking which can be crossed and the overtaking of these vehicles can be performed according to the rules.

These legislative provisions related to overtaking bicycles or electric scooters were added in 2021 in the road traffic legislation.

The correct answer is: A

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The complete explanation of the sign --> Overtaking motor vehicles, except motorcycles without sidecar, prohibited

Regulation** - Article 120

(1) Is prohibited the overtaking of vehicles:
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h) in the action area of the sign “No overtaking”;
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Regulation** - Article 118

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(2) To ensure 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 passing over the longitudinal marking separating the traffic directions or separating the lanes on the same direction, with at least half of the width of the motor vehicle when its moving speed is greater than 50 km/h, or at least by crossing these markings when the moving speed is at most 50 km/h. (Paragraph (2) was modified and updated on www.scoalarutiera.ro at 06-10-2021)

** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (the Regulation of the road traffic code)