Here I look at the “Sneak Past” overtaking that so many drives do. They must think that slipping past on the same side of the road is legal but if hey view a “Bicycle Rider as an Obstruction” much like a tree down on the road they can legally get past by crossing the double unbroken line!!!!
Keeping left, overtaking and other driving rules
Part 11 – Keeping to the left
Division 2 – Rule 139 – Exceptions for avoiding obstructions on a road
(1)A driver on a two-way road without a dividing line or median strip may drive to the right of the centre of the road to avoid an obstruction if: (a)the driver has a clear view of any approaching traffic; and (b)it is necessary and reasonable, in all the circumstances, for the driver to drive to the right of the centre of the road to avoid the obstruction; and (c)the driver can do so safely. (2)A driver on a road with a dividing line may drive to the right of the dividing line to avoid an obstruction if: (a)the driver has a clear view of any approaching traffic; and (b)it is necessary and reasonable, in all the circumstances, for the driver to drive to the right of the dividing line to avoid the obstruction; and (c)the driver can do so safely. (3)For subrule (2), if the dividing line is a single continuous dividing line to the left of a broken dividing line, a single continuous dividing line only or 2 parallel continuous dividing lines, the hazard in driving to the right of such a dividing line must be taken into account in deciding whether it is reasonable to drive to the right of the dividing line. (4)A driver may drive on a dividing strip, or on or over a single continuous line, or 2 parallel continuous lines, along a side of or surrounding a painted island, to avoid an obstruction if: (a)the driver has a clear view of any approaching traffic; and (b)it is necessary and reasonable to drive on the dividing strip or painted island to avoid the obstruction; and (c)the driver can do so safely.
