Key:overtaking

+/- overtaking Description Overtaking restrictions as signposted or painted on the ground Group Restrictions Element help Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list)

Specifying sections of roads where overtaking is legally forbidden.

values

• overtaking=no: overtaking is not allowed in both directions
• overtaking=both: overtaking is allowed in both directions.
• overtaking=yes: overtaking is allowed in all directions traffic may flow on this road - a bit more fitting for oneway streets
• overtaking=forward: overtaking is allowed when driving in the direction of the way but not in the other direction
• overtaking=backward: overtaking is allowed when driving against the direction of the way but not in the other direction

Default value on a two lane road should be assumed to be yes.

Other notes

The overtaking restriction should be marked to start at the location where the restriction starts (solid centerline or traffic signs), and not at the location where the possible preliminary notice markings (dashed yellow centerline or "return to own lane" curved arrows) start. Where the restrictions for both directions change within some tens of meters (as in the example on the right), it is often not necessary to split the way twice but only at their midpoint / at the intersection concerned.

For signposted "no overtaking in a hgv" restrictions the most likely tag to use would be overtaking:hgv=*.

See also:

• easy_overtaking