Where overtaking is prohibited
📅 Updated 2026-09-06 · Skaityti lietuviškai 🇱🇹
Overtaking is one of the most dangerous manoeuvres, so the KET restricts it both with a dedicated sign and with general situational rules every driver must know.
The "No overtaking" sign
A round white sign with a red border showing two cars (one black, one red). It prohibits overtaking from the sign to the nearest junction (or until a cancelling sign). Exception: single vehicles travelling below 30 km/h (e.g. a tractor) may still be overtaken.
Situations where overtaking is always banned
- On pedestrian crossings and immediately before them.
- At junctions when driving on a non-priority road (and at uncontrolled junctions of equal roads).
- On and directly before level (railway) crossings.
- On hill crests, sharp bends and anywhere with limited visibility of oncoming traffic.
- On bridges, viaducts, overpasses and in tunnels.
- When the vehicle ahead is already overtaking or signalling a left turn.
- When you would have to cross a continuous line to complete the manoeuvre.
Exam tip
Regitra situational pictures often combine several bans at once (a crossing on a hill near a junction). If any single condition bans overtaking, the answer is "not allowed". Fines for overtaking in a prohibited place reach €240–340 with licence suspension for 6–12 months.