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Typical scene of the Spanish roads.

Highway or highway with several lanes in each direction of traffic.

On the left, a car continues its course leisurely, never exceeding the maximum speed, without being passed when the lane to its right is clear.

To make matters worse, if the road has three lanes,

another vehicle may be doing the same for the central one.

So a vehicle that comes faster than them, either has to wait a while for them to let it pass or, and that means committing an offense, ends up passing them on the right.

And it is that, as happens when drawing roundabouts, thousands of Spanish drivers (maybe you or I at some time) insist on not paying attention to what the regulations say.

The one who goes in the middle, because he thinks: get ahead of me for the one that is free on the left.

Also, so I don't bother those who want to join.

Also, that lane is only for heavy or slow vehicles, you can say, but of course, excluding himself.

And whoever subscribes to the one on the left, does so convinced that, whoever comes after, should wait.

"I'm not running anymore because I'm in a hurry."

And both of them do not realize that they bother and hinder.

Those lanes must always be left free to pass.

Serious offense punishable by 200 euros

As it is a recurring phenomenon, the

General Directorate of Traffic (DGT)

periodically insists on giving Road Safety classes in this regard and has ended up being serious with these drivers.

"Are you one of those who go in the middle or left lane? Remember that you hinder the movement of other vehicles and create dangerous situations," he

warned through his official Twitter account, accompanying the information with videos and animated infographics.

The fine for doing so, it is a serious offense, amounts to 200 euros.

The General Traffic Regulation (RGC) is very clear on this matter: "Outside the town, on roads with more than one lane reserved for their direction of travel,

the driver of a car will circulate normally in the lane located more to the right

.

the center and the left are to advance

or when circumstances or route traffic warrant, provided that it

does not hinder the progress of another vehicle following it. "

Pass on the right or on the left?

Driving improperly in the middle lane when the right is clear causes dangerous situations, since it

forces other drivers to change lanes several times

to overtake.

It is very common for a vehicle that is traveling correctly in the right lane to approach another car that is traveling at a slower speed in the center lane in an inappropriate way.

The RGC strictly prohibits overtaking on the right

, so to overtake the car traveling in the center lane it is necessary to change lanes several times,

twice to the left and another two times to the right

once the vehicle in front of you has passed. it hindered the progress of the others.

The DGT warns that the misuse of the lanes, such as circulating without justified reason in the central lane,

can lead to a fine

.

Many drivers demand that the Civil Guard Traffic Group monitor and punish this type of behavior.

"I would like you to get more serious with these people, to see if they learn at once how serious it is and the accidents they cause going through the central lane at 90 km / h"

, a driver asks directly to the DGT. via Twitter.

The 'accordion effect', worse on the left

Many drivers who are used to driving in the middle or left lane do not realize (or are not aware) that these lanes are

much more dangerous in the event of heavy traffic or intermittent delays

, since the 'accordion effect' is much more frequent in those lanes than in the right, either because the traffic

is faster and there are more braking

or because there are many drivers who use them improperly, hindering the rest of the vehicles.

To avoid the annoying 'accordion effect' and the dreaded rear-end accidents (more common in lanes to the left), the DGT recommends

maintaining the appropriate safety distance and not harassing the vehicle in front

because this will allow us to slow down without braking.

The

disparity of speeds

promotes the accordion effect, while a homogeneous speed of the vehicles sharing the road increases fluidity.

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