VICTORIA — Police officers across B.C. issued 60 tickets to motorists who clogged up the left-hand lane while driving, during the first three month of the new law against such behaviour.

The tickets are the first glimpse at how police departments are enforcing the B.C. government’s new keep-right-except-to-pass legislation, which came into effect in June. Officers can levy $167 fines and three driver penalty points against motorists who impede traffic in the left passing lane and don’t move to the right lane of a highway.

The most tickets were issued in Surrey, with 11 infractions, and Langley, with 10, between June and September.

Police in Bridal Falls, Sidney, Squamish and Courtenay only issued one ticket each during those three months.

The figures were obtained by The Vancouver Sun through a Freedom of Information request after the Insurance Corp. of B.C. initially refused to release them. ICBC made the figures public to other media Wednesday after fulfilling The Sun’s request.

In Metro Vancouver, police issued five tickets in Burnaby, seven in Chilliwack, seven in Hope, two in Coquitlam, four in North Vancouver, and two in Richmond. Six tickets were issued for parts “unknown” in B.C., according to the data.

ICBC said the numbers are still developing as law enforcement agencies submit their written violation tickets.

The RCMP did not respond to a request for comment, and the figures do not appear to include numbers from municipal police departments.

rshaw@vancouversun.com