140No overtaking unless safe to do so

140 No overtaking unless safe to do so

A driver must not overtake a vehicle unless—

(b) the driver can safely overtake the vehicle.

1 Approaching, overtake and traffic are defined in the dictionary.

2 A driver is not permitted to overtake another vehicle by crossing a single continuous dividing line only, a single continuous dividing line to the left of a broken dividing line or 2 parallel continuous dividing lines—see rules 132(2) and 134(2).