DGT calls for drivers to stop hogging the outside lane
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 @ 3:51 PM
TRAFFIC authorities have launched a campaign against outside lane-hoggers ahead of Easter weekend, a time when up to 12 million cars are expected to hit the roads.
Starting last night (Saturday), the Easter holiday traffic is expected to be at its lightest since 2005, but has already claimed seven lives.
The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) is concentrating on monitoring minor roads, where over 70 per cent of serious accidents happen, with speed cameras and police checkpoints stationed throughout.
And to help keep accidents down, the DGT's leader María Seguí is calling for motorists to use the left lane – which is the outside lane in Spain and all bar 50 countries in the world – for overtaking only.
At times, up to 60 per cent of traffic is seen hogging the outside lane on motorways and, instead of helping them reach their destinations more quickly, actually makes them more susceptible to getting stuck in queues and increases the risk of having to brake suddenly or being clipped from behind.
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