Road Traffic Code 2000

Commentary Paper No. 2 - Appendix

“Drive Safe” and “How to Pass Your Driving Assessment”.

I reside at Pickering Brook in the Darling Range and I have cause to use Tonkin Highway and Roe Highway on a regular basis. Nearly every time I use either or both of these roads I observe numerous offences being committed against Regulation 113. These offences are so blatant and prevalent that it is obvious that no effort is being made by the police service to enforce this rule. It is not uncommon to observe motorists enter these roads when traffic is extremely light and move immediately to the right hand lane and remain there until either they leave the freeway or my observations cease.

I have asked a number of people (about 20) about this rule. The only people that have known about the 90 km/hr rule have been police officers. Everyone else has told me that the keep left rule applies at all speeds or not at all. While my survey was not scientific and the sample was far to small to draw any definitive conclusions, it suggests widespread ignorance of the rule.