Left-lane hogs, beware.

You could be charged double for failing to keep right under a bill passed Monday by the Assembly.

Motorists who clog the left or center lanes instead of using them to pass another vehicle would see fines increase from between $50 and $200 now to between $100 and $300. The bill calls for $50 from each violation going toward signs reminding motorists who enter New Jersey about the state’s stay-right law.

“On behalf of road rage, I move the bill,” said Assemblyman Gilbert “Whip” Wilson (D-Camden), a co-sponsor of the measure, which passed 69-7.

Aside from drinking and driving, failure to keep right is perhaps the most hazardous action on roadways, said Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth), also a co-sponsor.

“One driver cruising along in the left lane can cause dozens of other drivers to become frustrated, leading to more incidents of aggressive driving and additional, unnecessary lane changes — which, in turn, lead to more accidents,” he said.

“You could drive up and down the Parkway or 80 or 78, and in any 15-minute period you can see people by the hundreds not practicing lane discipline,” O’Scanlon added.

State Sen. Donald Norcross (D-Camden), who encounters the irritating left-lane campers during his frequent trips on the Atlantic City Expressway, originated the bill in the Senate.

Norcross said in an interview last year that State Police told him drivers usually aren’t cited for failure to keep right unless they hang out in the lane for 3 miles.

“Some of them won’t get out of the left-hand lane until the lights of the state trooper cars are flashing — they are completely oblivious,” he said.

Although most states call for slower traffic to stay to the right, New Jersey is stricter about the practice.

There were 4,233 tickets written for violations of the stay-right law in New Jersey in 2012, according to the state judiciary. It is a 2-point violation.

But the rules change by state. Neighboring Pennsylvania, for example, allows motorists traveling at a speed greater than the traffic flow to remain in the left lane.

Wilson said New Jersey’s law is clear — a vehicle has to stay right except when overtaking another vehicle or preparing for a left turn.

“A driver who is not obeying this law can be aggravating, but it’s also unsafe to obstruct traffic flow,” he said. “This bill is, quite simply, a public safety issue and common sense.”

O’Scanlon said he hopes the bill does not become a massive revenue generator, but instead educates drivers about the importance of safe traffic flow.

“The accident and fatality rates on German autobahns — with no speed limits — are the same as ours here because they do a good job educating people about things like keeping to the right except when passing,” he said. “We would cut our accident and fatality rates here — and certainly drivers’ frustration levels — if we focus our education and enforcement priorities on issues like lane discipline.”

Trucks would only be able to use the left lane to prepare for a turn or in the case of “poor visibility, snow, accidents or the presence of emergency vehicles.”

Steve Carrellas, New Jersey representative of the National Motorists Association driving rights group, found it fitting that the bill was being passed in June, which his association has designated as “Lane Courtesy Month.”

“Assuming it is enacted by the governor,” he said, “the updated law should restart the conversation about lane courtesy.”

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