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According to speed and the carriageway’s width and characteristics, leaving a sufficient margin.
It must be sufficient and proportionate to speed and the carriageway’s width and characteristics. It is not determined solely by the overtaken car’s width, and this situation has no fixed figure replacing a safety assessment. Specific clearance rules for vulnerable users or for a two-wheeled vehicle overtaking outside a built-up area concern different situations.
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According to speed and the carriageway’s width and characteristics, leaving a sufficient margin.
Always exactly 1.5 metres, regardless of conditions.
Solely according to the overtaken car’s width.
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