A serious highway offense has come to the attention of Australian officials, and the costs are astronomical. The penalty in total can total to $1700 fine, summing up the base fine of $1234 with an additional $543 surcharge.
Failing to Keep Left on Highways
The Australian rule that has garnered the most attention lately is the one concerning driving on multi-lane highways. It is alleged that the right most lane is the ‘cruising lane’, the Australian road rules do not support that in any way. Under Australian road rules, not keeping the left lane may lead to traffic logjams and road rage. The right lane must not be treated as a ‘cruising lane’; it is a prohibited practice that is known as lane hogging.
Fine Breakdown
The base fine of $1234 is applicable for the infraction of not keeping left on high-speed roads, while the $543 surcharge is added in cases where the driver is charged for traffic domination or failure to observe lane utilization. The totaling of $1777 makes it one of the most common yet expensive infractions on Australian freeways.
Increase in Enforcement Across States
There has been a noted increase police officers on the main freeways along with the regional highways. Patrol units started using telematics and roadside feedback signs to identify and track drivers who fail to overtake instead of ‘sitting’. Officers in charge of such phenomena.
Say who exactly.
Plenty of drivers argue they do not know ‘sitting’ in the right lane of the freeway’ as a violation of road rules. Various road safety communication initiatives have continuously emphasized this violation and yet most surveys indicate that a significant proportion of the public persists in misapprehending the right lane rule.
Delaying. This is what the road users have to master. And rigidly the rule suggests.
Road users and authorities have begun to understand the need for a more (15 signs miles apart vanishing point) to (roadworks) used in more flexible geometric approaches to reduce the probable and possible risks in bridgeworks. The road user is guaranteed the minimum possible and free of charge obstructions of a ‘blank’ bridge and roadworks. This is secured for road users. The talk is free of charge. This is freely available.
Authorities Want More Information.
It is a vehicle maneuver over a bridge, bare of possible obstructions. The road used has bare minimal fixed. Over possible ‘blank’ frame obstructions. Public awareness campaigns and stronger enforcement are expected to continue in hopes of curbing what remains one of the most common – and costly – mistakes on Australian highways.