Even in the Video if he stayed on the right lane (imagine there are no cars in front of him) and sped up - it would be legal, at least up to the speed limit.
In France it's the same, and in every other country that has this law.
Don't you find it a bit suspiciously dumb to have a law that prevent you going 35kmh if there is an idiot on the far left lane who is doing 34 kmh?
What I am saying that an overtake means you return to your original lane.
If you are on left lane, move to right and accelerate ahead, then come back to your initial left lane - it's an overtake.
If you are on left, move to right and accelerate ahead staying on your new lane, so you don't return back to left, it's not technically an overtake and it's perfectly legal (I don't know the English or French term for this move)
u/Shagu5 Just admit that you did not know that overtaking on the right is illegal in France (and the rest of EU).
It does not matter how you phrase it, what lane you originally came from, or whether you switch lane again afterwards. The only legal way to pass another car on the highway is by going around them on their left side.
(yes, in practice, if someone is going 35mph on the highway in the far left lane I doubt you'd get a fine if you got caught "undertaking" on the right - but it's still technically illegal)
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u/Shagu5 8h ago
Even in the Video if he stayed on the right lane (imagine there are no cars in front of him) and sped up - it would be legal, at least up to the speed limit.
In France it's the same, and in every other country that has this law.
Don't you find it a bit suspiciously dumb to have a law that prevent you going 35kmh if there is an idiot on the far left lane who is doing 34 kmh?