Driving with the flow of traffic?

tweake:

for those quoting sources, keep in mind things like road code and NZTA are not the actual rules. they tend to say whats good practice not whats legally required. for eg they had certain rules for many decades BEFORE there was ever a legal rule. people would get annoyed seeing people break said rules, even tho the rule never actually existed.

keeping in left lane as much as you can is clearly not a legal rule. laws are not written as bad as my writing.

In this case, it is an actual Rule:

2.1 Keeping left
(1) A driver, when driving, must at all times drive as near as practicable to the left side of the roadway unless this rule otherwise provides.

(2) If a driver’s speed, when driving, is such as to impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic, that driver must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, move the vehicle as far as practicable to the left side of the roadway when this is necessary to allow following traffic to pass.

(3) A driver may drive in the right lane in the direction of travel when driving on a multi-lane road if—

(a) the driver is turning right, or making a U-turn from the centre of the road, and is giving the prescribed signal of that driver’s intention to turn right; or

(b) the driver is passing; or

(c) the left lane is unavailable to the driver; or

(d) the driver is required by any provision of this rule to drive in the right lane; or

(e) a variable lane control downward-facing arrow sign indicates that the driver must drive in the right lane; or

(f) the driver is avoiding an obstruction; or

(g) the traffic in all other lanes is congested; or

(h) the traffic in every lane is congested.

This is an actual legislative requirement that must be followed; the Land Transport Act 1998 gives the Minister for Transport Safety power to make secondary legislation (rules, regulations etc.) within certain boundaries.

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