Keep Left Unless Passing

[The Tazman]

I came home just over an hour ago and followed the wellington free ambo in the right hand lane up SH1 I flashed once twice waited waited and then passed on the inside. The twat still didn't get the message.

A friend of mine in the UK suggested that you stop one of these f**kers take them out of the car and shoot them in the head then see how many want to stay in the outside lane!!!!!!!

The police should be concentrating on people who quite clearly can't drive to save their f**king lives rather than pissing people off that drive a few K's over the limit most of which are driving 10 times better than anyone else! ! ! ! !

Rant over

have a good one all

Taz

[dangerous]

Ditto ditto to all. Had an encounter today going up the gorge. Middle of the day, no one around, I'm travelling a few clicks above recommended & a young guy in a BMW is puttering at 80k's in the RH lane. Slowed down to let him see me & move, he didnt...tosser. Chucked it down a cog & took off giving him the finger & peice of my mind on the way!!! Bloody annoying really.

What a fucking wast of energy... why let your blood pressure rise like that, does ya no good you relise.
You do know that you could heve effortlessy changed lane and passed him... would have saved you time and agro.

in NZ it IS legal to pass on motor ways in the LEFT lane

"Other lane"? Then why not use said other lane to pass them? Sorted.

Yeah, a simple soulition aye...

Yeah man, on every single ride I go on I get tossers who hog the right lane when they aren't overtaking - quite happy in their own little world being a inconsiderate bastard! I hate having to overtake on the inside (is it illegal over here to undertake?) but even with some persuasive revving and flashing some people just don't get it.

LMFAO whos the inconsiderate bastard! again... remembering as long as the car in the right hand lane is doing the speed limit it is there right to travel in it???

Yes! This makes me go ARGH inside! Keep to the left or die.

I belive the problem is driver education, Mainly the lack of it. KEEP ALIVE KEEP LEFT <-- some body pay me a top marketerring salary, I just saved them from the 20 mins work they do each week.

You guys need to sit down and chill out... ohhh and learn the code.
The keep left rule refers to a single lane rd and passing bays ONLY

So true, then I just figured out that the right hand lane was the slow lane....

This is NEW ZEALAND there is no such thing as a fast/slow lane

If there is more than one lane in the direction you are going in (ie a road with 4 or more lanes in total) it is quite legal (and IMHO perfectly practical and safe) to pass a vehicle in the right hand lane when you are in the lefthand lane. Each lane is considered as if it were its own "road". You keep to the left of your lane. Obviously, you must stay in your own lane when doing this.

It is also legal to pass another vehicle when you are in the left lane and the other vehicle is in a "passing" lane (assuming it is going the same direction as you are).

I don't think they are getting it Ixion... they are kiwi's and seriously believe they own the road they believe its healthy to flip the birdie and flash there lights while their blood pressure goes through the roof... its effortless to change lanes FFS

PS: slow drivers in the right hand lanes are a differant story altogeather then again all we need to do is change lane

[dangerous]

A friend of mine in the UK suggested that you stop one of these f**kers take them out of the car and shoot them in the head then see how many want to stay in the outside lane!!!!!!!

Ohhhh..... now thats using ya sweed NOT what the fucking hell will that prove?

[Lou Girardin]

93 km/h will save you 10 ml per km, and will ensure you never have an accident or get a ticket.

[beyond]

Yep, can't stand it and it happens all the time.

Also I do not see why when somone enters a three lane, on your side, motorway, that they have to rush straight into the right lane like that's where they have an instant right to be. Trucks do it as well and then find they can't quite get over 80kmh. Here you are busy flat spotting your tyres, helping the tyre industry make more money and adding to global warming from all the burnt rubber.

I was in my cage driving home from work and a car gets on heading South at Manukau. There's no one in all three lanes except me doing about 110kmh in the right lane. Usually the motorways chocker at this time. This retro germ, decides he needs to be in the right lane instantly. Pulls straight across all three lanes, right in front of me, without looking and doing no more than 60kmh cos he just got on the motorway and didn't have his speed up yet.

I toss out the anchor, nearly rear end the prat, swing left, give him the birdy, cut him off a little to show him what a spaz he's being, so next time he won't do it again.

Next day I get a bollocking from the GM for abusing another motorist and for dangerous driving. Having a company car with personal plates, showing where you work aint a good idea. The germ rings up work the next day to complain and he's in the wrong, which I pointed out to the GM.

Man, I do get pissed off sometimes.

[Crisis management]

93 km/h will save you 10 ml per km, and will ensure you never have an accident or get a ticket.

No, No, No, that is far too sanctimonious for this time of the morning, Lou.

I have to admit I used to get pissed off at the lane hogging, cutting in etc habits of other drivers until I suddenly realised that what they did had minimal effect on my progress thru traffic. I can easily (and safely) pass them on the bike and get on with enjoying the ride, so I now ignore all crap driving examples and just blow on by.
I must have finally matured...now theres a frightening thought.

[Paul in NZ]

Fair pisses me off too... It's the same morons that see me trying to merge from the central holding lane and won't move left... Stuck out there and they just won't shift out of the fast lane that they are driving at 90 kph in...

[kevie]

Anyone doing that I just pass them in the left lane, quite legal.

If they really peeve you off then when you get home just jump onto http://www.police.govt.nz and click onto 'report a bad driver' and dob them in.

My pet peeve is the motorists that do the 80km or so on the road and come the passing lane off they go at over 100km/h then you catch up to them after the passing lane again puddling along slowly.

[The Tazman]

93 km/h will save you 10 ml per km, and will ensure you never have an accident or get a ticket.

I think you'll find that more accidents happen at low speed than they do at high. Plus in the UK it was shown last year that actually the percentage of accidents caused by speed alone was only 7% Yes speed was a factor in other accidents but they jump on the speed band wagon so they can put out more cameras to make money (over there anyway) Here they do it so they can make money by stopping you for a few K's over the limit instead of looking at the driving.

When driving slowly people get bored and look around at the view, play with things in the car whatever and as people have said spend more time checking their speedo than the road. oooooooops was that a corner bang crash head on!!!!!

[Matt Bleck]

What a fucking wast of energy... why let your blood pressure rise like that, does ya no good you relise.
You do relise that you could heve effortlessy changed lane and passed him... would have saved you time and agro.

in NZ it IS legal to pass on motor ways in the LEFT lane


Yeah, a simple soulition aye...



LMFAO whos the inconsiderate bastard! again... remembering as long as the car in the right hand lane is doing the speed limit it is there right to travel in it???


You guys need to sit down and chill out... ohhh and learn the code.
The keep left rule refers to a single lane rd and passing bays ONLY

This is NEW ZEALAND there is no such thing as a fast/slow lane


I dont think they are getting it Ixion... they are kiwi's and seriously believe they own the road they believe its healthy to flip the birdi and flash there lights while their blood pressure goes through the roof... its efortless to change lanes FFS

PS: slow drivers in the right hand lanes are a differant story alltogeather then again all we need to do is change lane

Burgers Post did not state weather he was talking about passing lanes or motorway.

If he is talking about the motorway then sweet pass on the left.

But if it's a passing lane, correct me if I'm wrong, but it clearly states on a sign at the start of that lane KEEP LEFT UNLESS PASSING.

[The Tazman]

Fair pisses me off too... It's the same morons that see me trying to merge from the central holding lane and won't move left... Stuck out there and they just won't shift out of the fast lane that they are driving at 90 kph in...

I know what you mean here. You are joining traffic doing 100k's don't you think it would be a good idea to be doing that when you join ! ! ! ! !

It is partly down to the way they are taught and then it's down to the fact they go out without the family brain cell to help them realise what Twats they are being.

[Pixie]

Blame the gummint!
There is no fast or slow lanes probably due to the fact that some people might take offence to being labeled slow?
Most other countries have signs on motorways saying "keep left, pass right"

Al

That's for sure.
Ever noticed that few people use the slow traffic lanes on the motorway?

It's all about not letting the other guy past, because then he will "beat you there".Gotta win.

As for passing on the inside; there's a reason this is not allowed in more sensible countries.

[Squeak the Rat]

What I find amusing on the motorway is that when you encounter two lanes merging into one, every one gets into the right lane of the two. This leaves a long queue that holds up traffic way back. All these drivers sitting in the queue get soooo pissed off when you head up the left lane (particularly in a car) passing about 60 stationery vehicles and then merge like a zip. The newmarket onramp is good for this, because there is usually no way to get into the right lane.

That manoeuvre has caused serious road rage in a number of people, these folks must have some heart problems by now. When I get the finger I just smile and wave. Best way to piss them off more.

[kiwisfly]

What a fucking wast of energy... why let your blood pressure rise like that, does ya no good you relise.
You do relise that you could heve effortlessy changed lane and passed him... would have saved you time and agro.

PS: slow drivers in the right hand lanes are a differant story alltogeather then again all we need to do is change lane

it's not about blood pressure, stress whatever. It's about safety. If I pass traffic in the LH lane & I'm in the RH lane then I can be pretty safe in assuming they'll stay there unless they're coming up on traffic & there's a risk they move right & don't see me. For which I can anticipate.
If I come across a traveller in the RH lane & a clear LH lane then straight away my senses assume they're gonna do something stupid. Yeah, easy enoough to shift pass them on the left but certainly under an element of danger. Much more difficult to anticipate.

[MSTRS:Me]

Yea, slow drivers are a big pain. But youse fellas wif motorways don' know how lucky you are. Here in the provinces we got one lane each way - makes it doubly hard to breeze on by Mabel and Stanley.