Keep Right except to Overtake - Do you obey this?

[j_avonni]

I used the NLEX yesterday and noticed violators of this rule. Despite the number and size of the signages, this rule is grossly disregarded by some drivers. Even some slow moving vehicles were keeping on this "overtaking only" lane.

I wish NLEX would strictly enforce this rule - just like the "speed limits" rule. Otherwise, just remove the signages.

By the way, I do obey this and other traffic rules.:drive1:

[CVT]

I am guilty at times (but I drive fast, so I am overtaking most of the times.... hehehe)

But after I read the posts here, am more aware now....

:starwars:

[claRkEnt]

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Keep Right except to Overtake - Do you obey this?

Kailangan pa bang i-memorize yan? yup, i do. And all of the traffic rules that i am aware of.

Downside pag sumusunod sa rules, nakaka-init ng ulo pag nakakita ka ng maraming pasaway! ANd there's a lot of these pasaway in NLEX. This hi-way is complete with signages bot written in tagalog and english. I just don't know why there exists a lot of idiots. Kungsabagay, kaya ng idiot ang tawag eh noh!

[flakez]

ang daming ganyan lalo na sa slex saka sa coastal road. ung nlex natuwa pa ako nung nag drive ako diyan kasi marami-rami pang sumusunod na pagka-overtake balik sa lane nila. deym, may nakasabay pa ako diyan na pajero halos pareho kami ng speed. siguro nagtitipid din, kaya pag nag overtake ako overtake din siya tapos pareho lang kame ng phase. hehehe. para kaming convoy. hahaha

[alwayz_yummy]

noon hindi masyado, now i follow. its the safest pala!

[MRC23]

This should be super-imlemented by the authorities of the highway to teach drivers how to use the highway. They should even add this to the seminars taken on LTO.

[pepengtom]

dapat nga implement pa to ng mas mabuti. para hindi nila na aabala yung mga gustong umovertake.
minsan parang ayaw ko na to sundin 'to kasi nakaka walang gana yung mga mababagal sa leftmost lane. ikaw gusto mo sumunod sila naman ayaw or walang pakialam. ang. ginagawa ko, sa bandang right na lang ako dumadaan. mukang mas mabilis pa dito minsan.

dapat slowpokes keep right...

[Josh0027]

everytime I try to obey the rules ako ang ginigitgit ng ibang motorista... lalo nang baguhan pa ako nagdrive sa EDSA ako pa ang napagtripan ng MMDA!

mostly kasi overtake ako palagi kaya nag left ako pero madami dami pa din mga mababagal sa left lane... sawanag sawa na ako kakabright for me to pass na natuto na ako gamin ang right lane for overtaking.

this applies to every major road or interchange na nadaanan ko na.

[flakez]

sobrang hirap sundin nito sa edsa. hindi mo na magagamit ung left most lane for overtake kasi laging traffic. hehehe. sa expressways talaga dapat mahigpit na iniimplement to.

[cutedoc]

as much as possible i try to obey rules, on nlex i keep on the left side i drive at 100-120kph, however when there are not much vehicles, i keep right.

onmanila traffic especially EDSA i stay at the center most of the times, left side has the uturn slots, right side are the PUV, so center would be the fastest way on a busy traffic

[batang_raon14]

I do. I just stay on the middle lane.

[ch0k0y]

I do obey this ...........in NLEX.
Hirap sundin to sa SLEX kasi mas maraming lubak sa right lane. But,I do shift to right lane if the car behind me I sense he's running faster than I do.

[OTEP]

I stay out of the passing lane unless I'm passing. But I also don't venture into the slowest lane. I'm usually in the middle cruising at 100kph.

Very short bursts of up to 120-130kph when overtaking to minimize exposure in the passing lane and resume my 100kph cruising speed in the middle lane. Mga uber slow buses lang naman and those dumptrucks with flying debris ang kadalasang mas mabagal sa akin ang takbo.

[jeanpierre]

Dami nyan sa SLEX. Ang kainis pa maski yong mga nagpapatrol nakikita na nila ang mga violator pero di man lamang sinisita. Tapos pag mag horn ka o headlight signal, sila pa ang galit kaya tuloy yong iba dumadaan na lang sa shoulder road.

[russpogi]

I do but I drive fast and overtake very often. We just have to abide by rules as they are not set to boss around anyone but for the safety of everyone.

[bigfoot]

Most of the time I do. But sometimes crusing at 100-120kph, meron na bigla nasa likod mo, even then, if there is enought distance I switch over to the right lane. Yung iba kasi sa right lane na kaagad mag overtake. so I switch to the right after they have overtaken me.

[swimstroke]

I do. Kapag may mga hindi sumusunod iniisip ko nalang na hindi sila aware para hindi gaanong nakaiinis.

[mbeige]

Do you think people follow the rule here in the US din? No!

People usually cram into the 1st lane and make the 2nd lane even faster. Here the highways can be 4 lanes wide, the trucks stay on the 3rd lane limited to 55mph (90kph) while the ones entering and exiting the highway stay on the 4th lane. Any vehicle towing anything stays on the 3rd lane. Kapag holidays you'll see pick up trucks hauling boats, a trailer dolly with ATV's, etc.

I usually stay in the 2nd lane na, pero sometimes the first lane will be faster, sometimes the 2nd lane, so whichever is faster dun ako sasabay. Even the CHP doesn't mind as long as you're going with the flow of traffic. That is the safest rule here, basta go with the flow ka, kahit above the speed limit ok lang.

I mean one time we were all driving 70-80mph and this CHP unit silently shot past us all. Silang lahat bumagal bigla (it's true, that happens!!) to 65ish (the legal speed limit) but the CHP unit didn't care, tuloy tuloy lang siguro may urgent situation. Anyway, when he was gone, I noticed the cars speed up ulet back to 80

[IMm29]

I don't know about NLEX and perhaps Coastal, but this is impossible to do along SLEX and Edsa. Everybody wants the passing lane. But does he actually pass? Of course not! So the rule becomes, keep right to overtake.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Do you think people follow the rule here in the US din? No!

I do whenever traveling back and forth between Tucson AZ and Reno NV. Like many here, I choose to stay at the middle lane, if possible, and set the cruise control to 75mph/120kph.