Guess this makes clear who they think the road belongs to.
Did you even bother to read the article?
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?
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?
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.
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.
Uhh....did you read the article...at all? This isn't about folks hogging the fast lane. Try another pass through the article, OK?
I'll be sure to tell Tchaikovsky the news.
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.
Yep, they want to get out there quick before the public learns of the law, so the speed tax agency can rack up the highest possible "collections." I'm sure new quotas have been issued to all.
Since 2001, there have been an average of more than 700 crashes a year in which someone hits a law enforcement vehicle stopped on the roadside or slowing down to stop, resulting in an average of more than 300 injuries a year.
I suspect they mean nationwide. And not to be cold about it or anything, this is just the price of using the police as a revenue arm instead of for public safety.
I have seen some pretty horrific stories of drunks, etc, slamming into Officer Friendly's brightly-lit cruiser and killing or crippling him, but I've also seen cases of him absently stepping back into traffic while looking at paperwork or writing the next example of his quota.
There was a link on Instapundit yesterday to a Google video, showing what happened when a group of college-age kids did an experiment by lining up abreast on the Atlanta (?) beltway and driving the posted speed limit. They created much more of a hazard than the usual disobedient drivers do.
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I wish this was what the law was about, but the article says it means you must move to the lane farthest from emergency vehicles on the side of the road, or move over when emergency vehicles are behind you.
We really do need a "left-lane laggard" law. Around here we have a plethorah of what I call "Democrats" -- they immediately move to the left and impede progress.
Gosh. I always move over, just for courtesy and safety's sake. I had no idea there's a law about doing it.