Passing or overtaking is not permitted in the following situations: •When there is a solid white line on your side of the road and/or a no-passing sign No passing •At pedestrian crosswalks •At or on the approach to a railway crossing (i.e. between the initial warning sign and the crossing)
When passing another vehicle: •You may not exceed the speed limitYou may not exceed the speed limit •You must use turn signalsYou must use turn signals before pulling out and again when returning to the right lane •You must return to the right lane as soon as safely possibleYou must return to the right lane as soon as safely possible without endangering or impeding the vehicle you are overtaking
Drivers being overtaken must allow plenty of space for the passing vehicle to complete their maneuver; they must slow down to accomplish this if necessary. It is illegal to speed-up to prevent being passed.
Passing on the right is prohibited except on multilane roads (including the Autobahn) when traffic in the left lane is stopped or is moving at less than 60 km/h; in those cases, traffic in the right lane may not exceed 80 km/h. Passing on the right is also allowed on roads controlled by traffic signals, although in practice traffic is typically traveling at less than 60 km/h in those cases anyway.
On roads where passing is difficult or not allowed, slower traffic is required to pull over when possible to allow faster traffic to go by (waysides are sometimes provided for this purpose.)