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The New Zealand Transport Agency has started a campaign, reminding drivers to keep left unless passing other cars.
In a recent Facebook post, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says “keeping left helps improve safety and reduce congestion. You can use the right lane if the left lane is full, you’re passing vehicles, or you’re turning right. At all other times, keep left whenever possible.”
And yes, this is a fundamental rule in the Land Transport Road User code.
The campaign is aimed at reminding people to drive within their lane. It says on the Waka Kotahi website, that drivers should keep in the left-hand lane as much as possible, and not use the lane closest to the centre line if you will hold up other vehicles.
Driving in the right hand lane can also create more traffic, especially if someone has to press on their brakes to let you in.
It’s a timely reminder as summer road trips are continuing, and a series of long weekends are on the way.
DRIVEN conducted its own poll late in 2021 and people sitting in the right lane without overtaking – or lane hogging – was the number one worst driving habit in NZ. So kudos to WK NZTA, please keep pushing this message, and please encourage the NZ police to enforce it.
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