House Bill 1576: The Anti-slowpoke bill (Keep right except to overtake)

[redeemed]

Finally! :hooray:sana lang maimplement ng maayos.

[SIZE=3]House Bill 1576: The Anti-slowpoke bill[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Keep right except to overtake[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Text: Tito F. Hermoso
posted March 21, 2011 11:37[/SIZE]

The Arroyos

Finally, someone has listened to the motorsports racers, car enthusiasts, tollway operators, motorists of the middle class and every driver who has been blocked by obstinate drivers hogging the left overtaking lane at 99km/h. Close to two months ago, the Arroyo clan has filed House Bill 1576 specifying severe monetary penalties and license suspension for those caught hogging the fast lane on any of the nation's 2x2 lane dual carriageway roads and expressways. It is high time that this dangerous practice is stopped as it contributes to "bunching" and slowing down of traffic, which makes drivers impatient and creative in overtaking.

The Devil

Like all things, the devil will always be in the details. To date, TMC, the operators of the NLEx have been clearing the left lane of these lane hogs. With specialized training, this was carried out by silver Hi-Lux 3.0 liter pick ups, but today, yellow Strada pick ups with a big rear mount dot matrix variable message board bearing flashing arrows and large letters saying “KEEP RIGHT” have taken over.

Birth right, keep left

Still some drivers believe that mindlessly occupying the overtaking lane is a birthright. A minority may move over if you threaten to sit on their rear bumper or toast them with your high wattage HID lights, but the moment you overtake and presumably return to the right lane, the same lane hog resumes his [usually a he] birthright claim of the left lane at 99km/h .

We owe them a favor?

Some of these lane hogs believe that by blocking the left lane they are doing the nation a favor by keeping everyone else below 80km/h and expose the speeders who pass on the right. Well, even if some of these lane hogs sport PNP "to serve and protect" stickers, they are not trained nor authorized to "own" the left lane. Neither are they authorized to arrest speeding as to prove such requires a judicially fool-proof system of checks, balances and technical/photographic evidence that is GPS certified accurate like the LIDAR system of NLEx-SCTEx. Besides, internationally, the rule is the left lane is only for overtaking. So even if you are doing 220km/h on a derestricted empty 4x4 lane Autobahn, you are still required to return to the regular lane and keep that overtaking lane clear.

Expensive

Policing the HB 1576 will require a posse of Patrol vehicles. In NLEx practice, the ... (more)

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[Ry_Tower]

Knowing how the gov't implements traffic rules, mukhang matagal bago natin maramdaman yan as a staple in the motoring life. Baka ningas-kugon din yan at first.

[ghosthunter]

Pointless. Would have been better if the passed the AUTO LEMON LAW.

[renzo_d10]

Pointless. Would have been better if the passed the AUTO LEMON LAW.

+1

Hanggang papel/rule lang yan.

Maiimplement ba ? Hinde.

[jave]

Any law is useless unless the enforcers themselves uphold it.

[burjegol]

Ehesste, medyo naguguluhan ako dito. pwede ba ipaliwanag kung ano ang magiging diperensya ng isang driver hogging the left or the fast lane at 99 kph when the speed limit is 100 kph? would it make a difference? KUng mga 120 kph ang max speed limit, I think it would make the difference pero come on folks. would a 1 kph difference really matters? or is it allowable in the NLEX at SLEX to go beyond the speed limit without the fear of apprehension?

[vinj]

Kaya the Arrovos filed it... nahihirapan kasi sila pag pumuntang Pampanga by car pag walang Wangwang.

[burjegol]

Kaya the Arrovos filed it... nahihirapan kasi sila pag pumuntang Pampanga by car pag walang Wangwang.

[CVT]

Ehesste, medyo naguguluhan ako dito. pwede ba ipaliwanag kung ano ang magiging diperensya ng isang driver hogging the left or the fast lane at 99 kph when the speed limit is 100 kph? would it make a difference? KUng mga 120 kph ang max speed limit, I think it would make the difference pero come on folks. would a 1 kph difference really matters? or is it allowable in the NLEX at SLEX to go beyond the speed limit without the fear of apprehension?

You can overtake (on the passing lane) at a speed that is higher than the speed limit. However, you are not allowed to sustain it for long periods of time. That means, at some point you have to move out of the passing lane and keep within the prescribed speed limit.

And, even if you're traveling at 120KPH (on a 100KPH zone) on the passing lane and someone faster than you is approaching, you have to move aside.

12.7K:fart1:

[Quint]

IIRC, Philippine driving rules/ laws are consistent with international law. Samakatuwid, redundant yung law na 'to. It just shows you that the one who filed the bill did not study the existing law. We don't need this. We need serious enforcement.