Reuben van Niekerk

One more time for the vigilante fast lane hoggers. Legally, it’s keep left, pass right. You have no right to keep right, making those stuck behind you pass on the left, no matter what speed you or they are doing. Regulation 323(5) of the National Road Traffic Act states that drivers should move over to the left lane 1) when a faster vehicle approaches and 2) if it is safe to do so. It reads: "(5) Where the driver of a motor vehicle which is being driven in the right hand traffic lane or in the traffic lane furthest to the right on a freeway (hereinafter referred to as the first vehicle) becomes aware that the driver of another motor vehicle (hereinafter referred to as the second vehicle) intends to overtake the first vehicle, the driver of the first vehicle shall steer that vehicle to a lane to the left of the one in which he or she is driving, without endangering himself or herself or other traffic or property on the freeway, and shall not accelerate the speed of his or her vehicle until the second vehicle has passed. "(6) For the purposes of subregulation (5) the driver of the second vehicle may make the driver of the first vehicle aware that he or she intends to overtake the first vehicle by giving the driver thereof a visible signal by means of flashing the headlights of his or her vehicle." Whatever your opinion, this is the legal position. But it’s not necessary to flash your lights at the fast lane driver in front of you if they clearly can’t safely get over to the left at the time.