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A long straight country road across farmland: a car overtakes a tractor on a broken yellow centre line, the oncoming lane empty.

Class B theory course · chapter 13 of 22

Overtaking and meeting

Safe overtaking and when it is prohibited, how you are overtaken, and good meeting on narrow roads and in the dark.

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The chapter in numbers

Lessons
2about 8 minutes of reading
Drawings
5diagrams and photographs made for the lessons they sit in
Exam tips
3passages that say what the test tends to ask here
Terms
2words explained where they are first used

Why this chapter

Overtaking is the manoeuvre where a misjudgement has the greatest consequences, and where the prohibitions are many and precise. This chapter covers when you may overtake, when you may not, how to do it safely – and how to behave when you are being overtaken yourself or meet someone on a narrow road.

Written against

The lessons are written against these sources, and the explanations cite them.

  • Trafikkreglene
  • læreplan klasse B

What the test asks

The practice questions for this chapter belong to one of the seven official themes of the theory test.

The mock-exam split is our own – Statens vegvesen publishes none.

Practise speed & positioning

The lessons, in order

  1. 1 Safe overtakingWhen you can overtake, how you do it safely, and when you should leave it. 5 min
  2. 2 Meeting oncoming trafficMeeting others safely on narrow roads, in darkness and where space is tight. 3 min

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All 22 chapters

  1. 01Introduction
  2. 02The human in traffic
  3. 03The car – construction and systems
  4. 04Checks and maintenance
  5. 05The road and the traffic environment
  6. 06The traffic rules and basic duties
  7. 07Signs, signals and police directions
  8. 08Giving way and right of way
  9. 09Observation and communication
  10. 10Positioning and lane use
  11. 11Speed, distance and braking distance
  12. 12Junctions and roundabouts
  13. 13Overtaking and meeting
  14. 14Different roads and surroundings
  15. 15Light and road-surface conditions
  16. 16Other road users
  17. 17Stopping and parking
  18. 18Eco-friendly driving
  19. 19Load and trailer
  20. 20The driver's responsibility
  21. 21At a traffic accident
  22. 22Risk and attitudes

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