On which roads is it prohibited to overtake while driving a motor vehicle?
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Article 43 of the 'Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China': When motor vehicles are driving in the same lane, the following vehicle should maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front sufficient to take emergency braking measures. Overtaking is prohibited under any of the following circumstances: 1. The vehicle in front is making a left turn, turning around, or overtaking; 2. There is a possibility of meeting an oncoming vehicle; 3. The vehicle in front is a police car, fire truck, ambulance, or engineering rescue vehicle performing emergency tasks; 4. Passing through railway crossings, intersections, narrow bridges, curves, steep slopes, tunnels, pedestrian crossings, or sections of urban roads with heavy traffic where overtaking conditions are not met.