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Old 04-09-2011, 09:11 PM
 
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Left Lane Drivers Move Over, Fla. Senate Says « CBS Miami

About time they take action..this law is the stuff you learn when taking dmv test and is common sense.
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Old 04-09-2011, 09:14 PM
 
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this angers me. it rewards the law breakers.

by the way dont try to change my mind. you won't. it infuriates me that i have to yield to lawbreakers who want to go 100mph.
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Old 04-09-2011, 09:48 PM
 
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Good. It's not about law breakers, it's about keeping slower traffic to the right.

If the speed limit is 55, the person doing 45 is just as dangerous as the one doing 65.

Nobody should just be riding in the left lane, unless passing other vehicles. Once done passing the vehicles the driver wanted to pass, he too should be back towards the right.
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Old 04-09-2011, 10:04 PM
 
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you wont get me to agree. i want to punish law breakers. i'm used to acting in a concerted effort to thwart lawbreakers like they do in cali. if someone tries to sneak in and cut in line everyone blocks them out. i miss that. its about abiding laws and fairness.

on turnpike weekend drives to orlando the left lane now is going to become a 100mph zone. it wont be safe to enter when youre stuck behind that guy going 15mph below 65 because there isnt a car gap wide enough to safely get up to speed to pass before another 100mph guy is right on your tail.

to my dying grave i want to punish lawbreakers. you will not get me to agree this is a good thing.
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Old 04-09-2011, 10:58 PM
 
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to my dying grave i want to punish lawbreakers. you will not get me to agree this is a good thing.
I agree.

While its etiquette and courtesy to recognize that the left lane is the fast lane, this is nonsensical. So the police are going to focus on people going slow in the left lane? Mind blowing...
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Old 04-10-2011, 03:54 AM
 
Location: Lovely swampy humid Miami!
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I drive my Red Honda Civic like a bat out of Hell! I think I'll do just fine.
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Old 04-10-2011, 04:49 AM
 
Location: Jupiter
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Thumbs up Accidents Waiting To Happen

The idiots that drive slower than the speed limit in the left lane cause the accidents and are rarely ever involved......they just sit there driving along at their turtle pace and don't give a rats ass about anyone else but themselves...unless of course they are approaching their exit...in which case they just move over...cutting in front of everyone as they further display their arrogance to every other driver on the road......

Take the time to observe one of them the next time you are on a highway......other drivers tailgate them...speed up to cut in front of them...purposely come close to their vehicles in an attempt to get them to move over...right or wrong...the slow driving A-????'s in the left lane are more of a menace than the one's speeding along...
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Old 04-10-2011, 06:17 AM
 
Location: Free From The Oppressive State
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you wont get me to agree. i want to punish law breakers. i'm used to acting in a concerted effort to thwart lawbreakers like they do in cali. if someone tries to sneak in and cut in line everyone blocks them out. i miss that. its about abiding laws and fairness.

on turnpike weekend drives to orlando the left lane now is going to become a 100mph zone. it wont be safe to enter when youre stuck behind that guy going 15mph below 65 because there isnt a car gap wide enough to safely get up to speed to pass before another 100mph guy is right on your tail.

to my dying grave i want to punish lawbreakers. you will not get me to agree this is a good thing.
cixcell, this is one time I will adamantly disagree with you. You are not the police and you do not have any business sitting in the left lane to "slow" other people down.

Those people who like to go 100 mph will just weave in and out of traffic and can cause accidents more likely that way.

It IS a good thing that people move out of the left lane when they are done passing.

I lived in Germany for three years. Every single person co-operated with the move the hell over once you are done passing and even though the autobahn DOES have speed limits, (despite popular belief), no one tries to police all of society by sitting there and causing problems.

Get OUT of the left lane. You cause more problems than you are "resolving". And if someone cuts in line, yes, it's annoying but they are going to cut in line no matter what you try to do. Stop trying to play these stupid games in your car. It's dangerous.
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Old 04-10-2011, 07:32 AM
 
Location: Delray Beach
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cixcell, this is one time I will adamantly disagree with you. You are not the police and you do not have any business sitting in the left lane to "slow" other people down.

Those people who like to go 100 mph will just weave in and out of traffic and can cause accidents more likely that way.

It IS a good thing that people move out of the left lane when they are done passing.

I lived in Germany for three years. Every single person co-operated with the move the hell over once you are done passing and even though the autobahn DOES have speed limits, (despite popular belief), no one tries to police all of society by sitting there and causing problems.

Get OUT of the left lane. You cause more problems than you are "resolving". And if someone cuts in line, yes, it's annoying but they are going to cut in line no matter what you try to do. Stop trying to play these stupid games in your car. It's dangerous.
I agree with both of you and will add one more. Get out of the left lane and enforce the law on all the lanes. The roads here are dangerous as hell because the laws are not enforced. Laws mean nothing to those who would break them anyway.

Dumb Florida Laws
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Old 04-10-2011, 07:36 AM
 
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I thought the fast lane was the middle lane, not the left one.
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