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Anybody who drives the speed limit in the left lane of an American highway, unless everybody in front of them is doing the same, is a menace, and causing unnecessary risk to themselves and others.

And a police officer would tell you the same thing. You go the speed of the traffic. Heck, even Genoa drives 6 miles over the limit; most people who “obey the law” do so by driving 9 miles or less over the limit.

Simply put — if you drive too slow in the left lane, you will make people upset, and upset drivers are dangerous to you and others. Better to move over, let them pass, and stop worrying about whether other people are “getting away” with something.

My post was more about how it is supposed to work in theory. I realize it's not how it actually works in practice, CWCT. In my post I didn't say to sit in the passing lane doing just the speed limit. If you're doing 85 (in a 70) in the passing lane and never moving over to the right lane, then you have essentially taken it upon yourself to flout the law and to make the passing lane your own personal traveling lane. If you're in the passing lane you should only be passing someone who's not doing the speed limit and then moving back to the traveling lane to again resume doing the posted speed limit yourself ~ IF you're someone who believes in following the law.

It seems people here want to argue it's ok to break the law when that law inconveniences them or they just plain don't like it. In what other circumstances do these FReepers believe it's ok to break laws that they don't like? Do FReepers no longer agree with the premise that we are a nation of laws, or does that apply only when it comes to laws they agree with?