'Move over' law gets serious (You Left-Lane Florida vigilantes are going down)

Miami Herald ^ | 03/02/2006 | PHIL LONG

[devane617]

Get outta my way Granny!

[D.P.Roberts]

Guess this makes clear who they think the road belongs to.

[Blueflag]

A casual read of the article would reveal that this is about the RIGHT lane, not the left lane.

wink wink

[Moonman62]

Did you even bother to read the article?

[VRWCmember]

If you don't want dozens of folks ridiculing you for your addition to the title that makes it look like you posted an article without even knowing what it was about, you might want to ask the moderator to remove your parenthetical editorial comment from the title. btw, did you read the article before posting it?

[GrandEagle]

Sounds like a good law to me.
These guys have enough to deal with without getting run over while doing their job.

Where did the "left-lane" stuff come from?

GE

[SoFloFreeper]

Good. We just had a fine young Broward deputy killed because someone plowed into him...enforcing the law is a good thing.

[weegee]

This can be true of the right OR the left lane depending on which shoulder is used for the stop.

And in Houston they've set up chains of 4 or 5 such "incidents" where each was used as just cause for another stop down the road.

Houston has also pushed through legislation mandating tows for stopping on the highway (including to change your tire). They say it is safer. My question is, why don't they pull the cars off the highway to write a ticket then or move the vehicles ASAP when there is an accident?

[weegee]

Granny isn't the problem. She isn't speeding to begin with.

If you are unable to get out of the lane adjacent to the breakdown/stoppage lane (LEFT or RIGHT, depending on the incident) you must slow down to 20 miles under the limit. I call this a rubberneck law because it forces drivers to drop the speed considerably in the vicinity of a traffic stop/accident.

[italianquaker]

It happens alot and the law makes sense, i wouldnt even argue the merits with anyone because if you dont get then you just wont get it.

[Sunnyflorida]

The biggest violators of traffic laws in south Florida are off duty Miami-Dade officers on the way home, to work, or to the donut shop. They drive the patrol cars as their personal vehicles and feel entitled to do as they please.

[Doohickey]

If I were you, I'd beg AdMod to modify the title and make it a point not to post any replies to this thread.

[JimRed]

Where did the "left-lane" stuff come from?

He's probably referring to the folks who speed up to keep you from changing lanes, then slow back down when they are ahead of you. Not pertinent to this, IMHO; you can always take the slowdown option.

[devane617]

Wanted to see if you guys were awake...

[MineralMan]

Uhh....did you read the article...at all? This isn't about folks hogging the fast lane. Try another pass through the article, OK?

[MineralMan]

"Wanted to see if you guys were awake..."

Sure you did. No question about it. We're all used to people who comment on posts without reading them. It's rarer for the original poster not to read a post before putting it on the forum. You're unique, I think.

[GrandEagle]

Wanted to see if you guys were awake...
LOL! It worked....

[GrandEagle]

We're all used to people who comment on posts without reading them.
Yep, got my hand slapped a few times for that myself!
Probably by you! LOL.....

Cordially,
GE

[ClearCase_guy]

I'll be sure to tell Tchaikovsky the news.

[jimfree]

I remember 30 years or so ago we would not only move over, we would pull over and stop in response to sirens and lights. Try it today in your juristiction. I have recently; the drivers behind me usually copy the behavior.