'Seriously?': Police crack down on contentious road rule on Victorian highway
Police on Victoria's Surf Coast have been cracking down on the contentious road rule that drivers must stay in the left lane on a multi-lane road with a speed limit over 80km/h.
At least five drivers have been hit with fines for not following the road rule on the Surf Coast Highway in Victoria's south-west in the past week, according to local police.
VicRoads clearly states on its website and in its copies of road rules that "when driving on any multi-lane road with a speed limit over 80km/h you must keep out of the right lane unless you are overtaking or turning right, or all lanes are congested".
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At least five drivers have been hit with fines for not following the road rule on the Surf Coast Highway. Nine
"If the right lane is a transit lane, this rule applies to the lane immediately to the left of the transit lane," the roads authority has clarified.
Police working on the Surf Coast have taken to their local Eyewatch Facebook page to share they had fined five people $192 and slapped them with two demerit points each for breaking the rule on the Surf Coast Highway last week.
Police have been cracking down on drivers on Victoria's Surf Coast Highway. Facebook
All five drivers were clocked for failing to keep left for at least one kilometre, while two were also pulled up for travelling below the 100km/h speed limit - travelling at 92km/h and 95km/h.
The local police also shared the drivers' reactions to being pulled up for the "serious safety issue", with one motorist telling them they "didn't know it was an issue".
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Another driver responded, "Seriously?" to being hit with the fine, while another said: "But I was going 100km/h".
Many Facebook users have thanked the police for tackling what they say is "the cause of much frustration" on the highway.
"I've actually never heard of someone getting penalised for this! Good to see that it's actually enforced," one user wrote.
"Love your work. More people should follow the road rules," said another.
But others have taken to Facebook to accuse police of simply "revenue raising" by focusing on the road rule.
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