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Old 02-02-2012, 06:28 AM
 
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Great legislation. I wish all states did it. It is a passing lane, if your not passing , move over.
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Old 02-02-2012, 07:15 AM
 
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Great legislation. I wish all states did it. It is a passing lane, if your not passing , move over.

I 100% agree. There is nothing more dangerous than forcing people to have to pass on the right. There is the speed limit and then there is the "flow of traffic" which is different.
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Old 02-02-2012, 07:29 AM
 
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agreed. last year i drove from manchester, england to london. basically a 2 lane highway the entire time. the only time people went in the left lane was to pass then got back in the right. best driving experience of my life.
This is characteristic of virtually ALL other civillized countries.

The safer flow of traffic should be the major consideration but instead we get all this other bumph thrown in with dabs of arrogance and false outrage added for good measure.

I'm driving the legal limit so I have the right to camp in any lane I choose. Yep; if you're an arrogant A-hole with no thought beyond your own personal satisfaction level."

I purposely camp in the left lane to avoid all the folks entering via the on ramps from my right This one explains why so many in the U.S. have lost that masterly art of merging. Should be simple but apparently the word is missing from all your dictionary's.

I deliberately drive the limit in the left lane to ensure all those attempting to speed are forced to slow down. Well; Dudley; I guess you missed the memo that explained why speed limits were established in the first place; SAFTEY! you've now taken it upon yourself to undo decades of factual information that clearly shows it's not the speed that causes accidents but the "speed differential". You've now foolishly created that little island in the stream that will surely result in a bottlenck and in someone being hurt or even killed behind you but you don't give a rat's patoot because you weren't impacted and you've done your part to uphold the law, content in the arrogant belief that you are of superior intellect and moral standing while blithely creating carnage in your wake.

Get a life people and travel the speed lane that is comfortable for you and let the rest of the motoring public do the same.

Passing; use the left - PASSING lane, no longer passing; move the hell over and stop with the phony indignation at all those others breaking the law. You're just giving your frustration at your little meaningless life being largely out of your control a vent and you've found a way to exact your idiotic revenge.

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Old 02-02-2012, 07:40 AM
 
Location: Sacramento, Ca.
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A warning from the officer would have been more civil. But then so is courteously yielding, sharing the road with swifter drivers.
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Old 02-02-2012, 07:43 AM
 
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So what's the point of speed limits if the cops are just gonna treat them as more of a gentle suggestion?
Cops already treat speed limits as a guideline to be enforced depending on circumstances (weather, time of day, school zone, etc.), who's driving what kind of car, or their own mood. Strict enforcement of speed limits would cause more civil unrest than war.

I vaguely recall a police department using strict enforcement of driving laws as a tool to get a city to the bargaining table. It worked.
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Old 02-02-2012, 09:20 AM
 
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Let's just accommodate law breakers some more. Such policy has been working so well in so many places.
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Old 02-02-2012, 09:22 AM
 
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Regardless of what's happening out there in the real world on our freeways and how you personally feel about drivers doing the speed limit in the left lane, it appears to me this proposed ordinance would ticket lawful drivers in order to accommodate those who are breaking the law.

A state senator is sponsoring legislation that would ticket drivers for holding up traffic in the left lane.
Marion Player drives for a living and said there's nothing worse than slow drivers in the left lane.
"They need to move over to the slow lane and give the faster traffic a chance to get by," Player said
Tim Davis says it would be ridiculous to ticket drivers who are doing the speed limit just because they're in the left lane.

...Critics said the bill is encouraging drivers to speed, but Senator Mike Bennett who is sponsoring the proposed legislation disagrees.
"It will not encourage speeders. It will tell people there are speeders out there- - get out of their way," Bennett said.

Drivers Could Be Ticketed For Driving Slow In Left Lane - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando

Signs that say "Slower Traffic Keep Right" mean slower than the posted speed LIMIT. You're not obstructing traffic if you're obeying the law in the left lane.

(Disclaimer: Reformed speeder and tailgater.)
Actually you are obstructing traffic if you are going the exact speed limit or less in the left lane which is the 'passing lane'. Hence the reason it is called the "passing lane", it should be used to pass a vehicle at a slightly higher rate of speed. Once safely past the vehicle, move into the right lane and proceed at the posted speed limit.
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