It's a scenario commonly seen while travelling on the highway.

You come up behind a vehicle proceeding at a slower rate than yourself. After confirming that the way is clear, you move into the left lane to make a pass. Then, the other driver hits the gas, not allowing you to complete your maneuver, and thus placing you in a dangerous situation facing oncoming traffic.

"It's actually against the law to do that. When you are beginning to be overtaken by another vehicle, you have a responsibility to just keep your speed and allow yourself to be passed," stated Constable Daniel Gaignard with the Estevan RCMP.

"It's a really unsafe practice, especially once you start dealing with non-divided or single lane highways. That passing vehicle is now in the oncoming lane, attempting to get around you. Suddenly you speed up, an approaching car is getting a lot closer, and they don't have time to safely pass. You've made it hazardous for them."

"It's not worth putting both yourself and and anybody in that vehicle at risk, simply because you feel you shouldn't be getting passed," he added.

Gaignard also made note of another matter that law enforcement is putting an emphasis on.

"Especially now, we are really finding folks speeding in the construction zone southeast of the city. Obviously, work is in full swing for that project being done, and currently we are really trying to curb that issue because people are still not abiding by that 60 kilometer an hour zone."

"Although there isn't always workers around, it's still important that you slow to 60 because there are some areas where the shoulder is dropped off quite steeply. For reasons like that it is still safest to obey that speed," he advised.

"Just remember, the people that are out there doing their job have families just like the rest of us, and they want to make it home safe at the end of the day. Please pay attention to where you are driving and the speed zones."