shk292:

 

surfisup1000:

 

jonathan18:

 

What about when in the right-hand lane, and one is travelling faster than the left-hand lane, but not that much faster so as to stay at an acceptable speed?

 

 

 

 

This driving would be fine by me -- as long as you aren't going the same speed . 

 

 

This is what I was trying to explain much further up the thread - to me, this is perfectly reasonable driving, and it would be stupid to expect you to be constantly fighting into the left lane, so that some entitled "special" person can drive at 20-30kph above the limit.  This is often the case on my commute into Auckland - left lane doing 85-90, right lane doing 90-100, both lanes full of cars.  And the occasional jerk who thinks everyone in the right lane should slow down and squeeze into the left lane so he can drive at 120.  Sorry, not happening

 

Hmmm, the rule is drive as far left as practical. If you have to "fight" to get into the left lane, it clearly isn't practical, if someone was able to pass you on the left, then it clearly was practical to be driving in the left lane. We've all seen self entitled emergency response vehicles wanting to do 20-30 KPH over the limit, stuck behind a pious, higher-than-thou driver who plainly doesn't habitually keep left.

Developing the habit of driving in the RH lane in not only inconsiderate, but can be dangerous - for instance, when you're fatigued/distracted, or otherwise have not got your mind on the job, you revert to the way you habitually drive (you know, that auto-pilot mode, where you can't remember the last 10 Km of the road) - if you habitually drive in the RH lane, and there is no median barrier, tired/distracted people end up on the wrong side of the road - this happens primarily with tourists of course, but also happens with urban drivers who stray onto country roads - ah-la SH2 south of Auckland - it's nick-named the death highway and it isn't a co-incidence that it starts where the Auckland motorways end.