After seeing the post about ‘the Belgian overtake’ I raise you this situation. Crossing without passing the other car first. Even if you got pretty far idiots insist on still passing in front and honking.

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  2. I already get keuzestress just by looking at this image.

    The correct way is to cross behind the opposing car, no? But what if there is a line of cars behind you and behind your opposing car. Both lines will be blocking eachother. Isn’t the situation depicted in this image superior and more efficient?

  3. Someone find me the rule that explains where it was mandatory to not do it as in the photo above please…

  5. Officially it’s mandatory when there is a short diagonal dashed line in the middle of the intersection. It’s not allowed when the lines aren’t there, but people still do at times.

  6. Actually overtaking like pictured here is only allowed if road markings tell you you can. Otherwise you’ll have to overtake the car on the right side because the traffic law says that overtaking a car coming from the opposite direction happens on your right and that rule applies as well on crossings

  7. I can confirm that same as the picture is how it is always done in Canada.

    How would your method work if there’s multiple cars turning left? You “zipper” manoeuvre in between each other? That seems more dangerous and prone to misunderstandings in my opinion.

    Here it’s simply if you can go, i.e. no cars crossing straight from the other side, then you go

  9. This will become a mandatory in Belgium as it is in every other country because it’s logical and faster. The Belgian lawmakers are just 30 years behind as usual.

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