03-11-16, 03:42 PM
It's a very shady area but as I understand it, there is mitigation if you break the speed limit whilst overtaking to safely complete the maneuver. If you were travelling at 60mph behind a car on a 60mph limit and overtook then you'd be breaking the law. If you overtook a car doing 40mph on the very same road and went over the speed limit to complete the move then you'd most likely be okay! However, it all depends on the actually amount you were over the limit I'd say. Don't think you'd have a leg to stand on if you were caught overtaking on the same road at 100mph!