The fast lane

**ians** · 19-Dec-12, 11:55 AM

This is just to ask people who drive at 60 km per/hr on the freeway in the right hand land to please get the rest of the people who drive at this speed to all stick to this lane so that we dont have to use the orange line on the left to overtake. I spend most of my time driving in the left hand (the new fast lane) , but every now and again i have some inconsiderate people who also drives at 60 in the left hand lane, so inconsiderate, this means i have to use the orange line, causing people to see me as the bad person.

**Dave A** · 19-Dec-12, 07:52 PM

As long as they don't get held up by slower moving vehicles, I'm sure they don't give a rat's ass who uses the fast lane, Ian.

**ians** · 23-Dec-12, 10:16 AM

its not, it is a simple question, how many hours in a day do you spend on the road, especially peak hours.

**Didditmiself** · 23-Dec-12, 10:39 AM

This should be interesting.....

**Martinco** · 21-Dec-12, 09:20 AM

Have you guys in KZN actually got more that one lane ?

We have to share one lane with oncoming traffic due to potholes.

This effectively makes a 100km trip in the order of 150 kms !

**ians** · 21-Dec-12, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by Martinco

Have you guys in KZN actually got more that one lane ?

We have to share one lane with oncoming traffic due to potholes.

This effectively makes a 100km trip in the order of 150 kms !

How to reduce deaths on our roads, maybe try fix them.

I suppose like the end of the world, must have been organised by the ANC, still waiting for them to deliver.

**ians** · 23-Dec-12, 12:29 PM

Just to give you an idea, i spend 2 hours in the traffic in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon, thats 4 hours of my day, i agree it doesnt give me the right to break the law, but unfortunatley as i get older and silly, so i am learning to go with flow instead of being the person who sits in the traffic for an extra hour cuising all those who flow with the traffic.

It is only for a couple of months then the interchange will be open to springfield and the kwamashu interchange will be ready, then i can stick to just keeping right and passing left within the speed limit of course.

Another question for you, which do you think is more dangerous, driving in the yellow lane or the potholes on the road?

Paper work is done for today, going for an eye test then fishing the rest of the day, enjoy, chat later.

**Blurock** · 21-Dec-12, 02:08 PM

I wonder what they actually teach at driving school these days. There are more morons on the road every day.

Traffic officials also do not seem to understand the basics of road safety and traffic control. Whatever happened to the signs "Keep left, pass right"? We don't see them any more. Never!

**ians** · 22-Dec-12, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Blurock

I wonder what they actually teach at driving school these days. There are more morons on the road every day.

Traffic officials also do not seem to understand the basics of road safety and traffic control. Whatever happened to the signs "Keep left, pass right"? We don't see them any more. Never!

They dont bother with signs anymore, like the stop sign, who stops at stop streets in this day. They are merely there to slow traffic down and even that doesnt seem to work anymore. Mind you in saying that maybe someone will introduce more signs, because there is now a contract out to wash signs, watched them the other day wiping a sign down, which you couldnt really see from the road due to the over grown bush on the side of the freeway. I complained about them not cutting the grass on the side of the freeways, but the truth is the grass is better than all the plastic and rubbish.

**adrianh** · 22-Dec-12, 09:23 PM

Lets get this straight, you complain about people driving 60 in the fast lane and then you are sometimes forced to overtake on the orange line. Oh I see, so if a person drives too slow for your liking then you endanger the lives of pedestrians and vehicles that msy have broken down.

How about you try this; slow down and don't knowingly endanger the lives of others. There was a huge accident on the N1 in Cape Town a couple of weeks ago because a young lady decided to overtake the slow traffic on the right shoulder of the highway and drove straight into roadworks killing a worker and putting her head through the windscreen.

I don't care how important you feel you are, don't endanger the lives of other people because you get annoyed on the road.