Keep left! - it's the "Golden Rule of the road"! If the road is a single lane but is as wide as two lanes - keep as close to the left as "practicable". That way people can pass you on the right side as per the road rules. On multi-lane roads stay out of the right hand lane whenever possible unless you are overtaking or are about to turn right. Don't try to be a self-appointed vigilante and block the road to prevent others from speeding. Just because you are doing the speed limit doesn't mean you have the right to drive in the right lane or in the middle of the road. For all you know you may holding up an emergency vehicle 10 cars behind you. On freeways, highways, tunnels, off- and on-ramps, make a special effort to keep out of the right hand lane. If you are going to overtake, spend as little time as possible in the right lane. Of course, you can travel in the right lane if you wish - so long as you keep an eye on your rear view mirror and move over to the left if someone comes up behind you - especially if they flash their high beams.

[As a point of interest, in Europe, cars in the "fast" lane immediately move over to let the car behind pass when its driver flashes his/her high beam (now you know why the switch that flashes your high beam is labelled "passing"). Can you imagine what would happen if someone came up behind the average Aussie driver and flashed their high beam? There'd be an almighty case of road-rage!]

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