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In a built-up area.
In a built-up area. Other exceptions cover places where overtaking is prohibited, more than one lane in the same direction or traffic saturation preventing overtaking. Always keep enough space to stop without colliding if the vehicle ahead brakes. The exception concerns the additional overtaking gap, not permission to follow closely.
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Outside a built-up area with one lane per direction, overtaking permitted and free-flowing traffic.
In a built-up area.
On any road simply because the vehicle ahead is a car.
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