Correct . for all we know all of those people were on the inside lanes due to the possibility that their exits were imminent and wanted to be positioned in order to use their exits, and/or they were all happy to be travelling at whatever speed everyone else was travelling at.
crzyhrse,
Apr 18, 9:23am
From what I've read of your posts, you can't write coherently. That's the real issue. Don't blame others for YOUR shortcomings.
crzyhrse,
Apr 18, 9:24am
No, you didn't.
johnf_456,
Apr 18, 9:27am
How is this hard to understand are people that thick.
mrfxit,
Apr 18, 9:31am
Last bit .
gunhand,
Apr 18, 9:31am
I agree, but still dosent answer why you have to if your traveling at correct speed limit. And useing the , your speedo is out argument dosnt wash with me. Sure it may be a few Kms out, even 10 maybe but it takes a long time to catch a car doing 100kph if your doing 105kph. Even at 130kph it takes a while on a long straight. Its looking like this right lane is almost piontless and should be strictly for use by emergancy services. Now that would be a good idea. But dawdlers should move and I dont think anyone is arguing that and if your doing it in a lane where others doing correct limit need it to pass you well yes your a knob.
saxman99,
Apr 18, 9:39am
The NZ Road code says:
Keeping left on a laned road
Most roads in New Zealand have lanes marked on them with a white line or raised studs.
When driving on a laned road, it is important to drive your vehicle within your lane.
Where there are two or more lanes on your side of the centre line:
keep in the left-hand lane as much as you can >>>don't use the lane closest to the centre line if you will hold up other vehicles.<<<
The lane closest to the centre line should only be used when:
you want to pass another vehicle you want to turn right the left-hand lane is full with other traffic or is blocked.
"Don't use the lane closest to the centre line if you will hold up other vehicles"There it is, no mention of speed.
Great flame war everybody BTW, keep up the good work.
saxman99,
Apr 18, 9:44am
Also, the RC says:
Safe driving on motorways
When driving on a motorway:
>>>keep left, unless you are passing<<< watch for exit signs get into the correct exit lane in plenty of time signal for at least three seconds before you change lanes you must not stop your vehicle, except in an emergency you must not make a U-turn you must not stop to let down or pick up passengers if you miss your exit, don't stop and reverse ??
movnon,
Apr 18, 10:01am
unless passing you are required by law to keep as far to the left as practical (a part of the road rules blissfully ignored by most NZ drivers)
crzyhrse,
Apr 18, 11:19am
No. You stated "Can only presume everybody was doing the same speed". That's patently untrue. We can see they're all doing a similar speed. What we can't see is what that speed is.
therafter1,
Apr 18, 12:18pm
Sorry Gunhand, hadn't seen your post.
And yes, it is just a question, and I will answer it . again !
Because someone has caught up to you and wishes to pass. It is common courtesy. Your speed or their speed is not relevant. You do not have the right to dictate what speed others may travel at regardless of what your speed checking devices are telling you. There are various reasons why there may be a speed differential, but at the end of the day it matters not. The rule requires that you keep left at all times unless passing, so the onus is on you to move out of their way as opposed to them having to go thru a lane swapping scenario to get past you, when you shouldn't be there in the first place !
gunhand,
Apr 18, 12:39pm
Fully understand what you are saying and I doknow what the keep left rule is all about. all Im tring to figure out is WHO (apart from the obvious) will be passing you in this lane if your doing the correct speed limit.In Theory no one. I know its there if the other lanes are going slower and if they are theres going to be a fair amount of passing going on in the right lane anyway and thats why its there. But again in theory no one should be exceeding 100kph any way so it shouldntmatter if your doin 100kph in the right lane unless blocking passers who are probably exceeding the speed limit. I guess im being a cock in saying there is no speed above 100kphyour allowed to travel at as we all know many do, myself included at times. Sosayyou have two lanes of traffic flowing at 100kph and theres a third lane on the right it should be completly empty. Problem is others would see it as oppertunity to do 120 past everyone and probably get no where fast anyway. And by law they shouldnt be. awkward prick arnt I lol. But this is a interesting disscussion and its wet and cold down here and nothing much else to do today apart from argue lol. Heres another question. What is the legal open road speed limit in the right lane also known as the "fast' lane.! Oh and dont hurt your self smacking your head on your computer LOL I dont need it on my concious.
mrfxit,
Apr 18, 12:58pm
Yea ok so they were drifting up & down a few km's each so I shouldn't have used the word "exact" but using a bit of common sense would dictate that because there was a POLICE car in the middle of that group (yea on the middleedge), the majority of ppl would be traveling AT or only just below the legal max speed for that section of road. Particularly because the road wasn't all that busy, with a few good size gaps around each car.
mrfxit,
Apr 18, 1:01pm
Yes it's a presumption . not a lot of choice in the matter there
mrfxit,
Apr 18, 1:02pm
LOL yep .
crzyhrse,
Apr 18, 1:18pm
Not a lot of choice to not presume! Sure there is. You could simply not presume anything and just accept that the cop saw some idiot hogging the left lane for apparent reason and shifted him out of it. Which is what actually happened.
crzyhrse,
Apr 18, 1:19pm
That's completely irrelevant. Just as with the post above where I mentioned parking on broken yellow lines isn't OK if there's nobody around.
mrfxit,
Apr 18, 1:29pm
LOL . Ummmm DUH . well yes the action was plain to see, but WHY is just as important considering the cop ended up traveling faster then any of the other cars around at the time. Maybe they have a genuine "fast lane" along with it's OWN speed limit, Maybe not & the cop was just wanting him out of his way, Maybe is was a mate of his Maybe more to that video then we saw .
Too many maybes to be really worth debating aboutl & taking with any seriousness
mrfxit,
Apr 18, 1:31pm
All I saw was a lot of cars all moving at about the same pace/ a cop tailgating another vehicle / cop flashing his lights/ car moving over & the cop moving away faster then anybody else in that video .
What no one can really answer is WHY
crzyhrse,
Apr 18, 1:32pm
The point is we're discussing the same brand of oblivious driving fools as we have here with the same behaviour.
crzyhrse,
Apr 18, 1:33pm
But you sure were trying to convince us that you could!
crzyhrse,
Apr 18, 1:35pm
The point remains the same: stay out of the right lane if you don't actually need to be there because you're not overtaking and the other lanes are not congested (BTW the other lanes in that video don't meet the definition of congested either - that's simply free flowing medium-heavy traffic).
mrfxit,
Apr 18, 1:49pm
LOL, never said I had a problem with the above idea,
mrfxit,
Apr 18, 1:51pm
AND allowing for the above proviso's, you are already doing 100kph, then move over.
pollymay,
Apr 18, 5:15pm
If I go fast enough the needle goes round and I'm at zero again. So I automatically "reset" when I get past 200 or so. So it's all good as long as I go fast enough, minimum speed limit ;)
Now can someone tell me why we have a limit of 100 on our highways!
Media leaps on the "you're all gunna die" train straight away from what I've seen of it. It's only on the big highways anyway sorta like how the autobahn has a high speed stretch and the rest is all limited, it's also very safe cause they CAN DRIVE over there. Something NZers are incapable of.
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