Posted on 03/02/2006 7:29:00 PM PST by Turbopilot
You said -- "Even better would be a law requiring you to keep right except to pass, but I don't think anyplace in the U.S. has such a law on multilane roads."
It's posted in certain places (on certain highways) in Texas and I think Oklahoma. So, if it says so on an official highway sign (which it does), then you're going to get a ticket if a trooper is around and he doesn't have anything better to do.
Regards,
Star Traveler
For years I have had one of those daytime nightmares (daymares?) of bored college kids going out on a busy Interstate (say I-70 in Ohio) on the Friday of a holiday weekend, filling all available lanes and going 55 or even much slower just to see how much havoc would result.
Haven't watched the film but I plan to. My only concern is that the 'punk kid' angle and/or the speed limit Nannies may get more play than the obvious conclusion that speed limits as posted/enforced are a joke.
Fascinating quote - may have to pick up that copy of Rand at long last.
An angry, frustrated driver at 55 is more dangerous than a happy, relaxed driver at 75.
I live in West by God Virginia so we don't have too many problems but I have heard of the practice you describe used regularly by cops in Southern California in an attempt to create buffer zones in order to prevent gridlock. I have no idea if it works but there you go.
On any major freeway in California, that stunt would have definitely gotten you a ticket for impeding traffic.
Why would Canadians visit the American South and leave their beloved socialized medicine behind? /sarcasm
I don't agree with Larry King on too many things (like most Freepers) but he once suggested that every American obey the law to the last letter and punctuation mark just for one day - the resulting hole in the flow of funds to government(s) would be shocking.
I concur.
I believe you to be mistaken.
Absolutely.
I'm not getting up earlier. Too many hours of my day are already accounted for. I get a minimum amount of sleep as is. If you must drive slower, then stay off the Interstate. Otherwise, you're creating a problem, because the vast majority of the people who drive on the Interstate agree with my philosophy. If you doubt it, go drive in the left lane at 55 and see what happens.
So you could theoretically be pulled over for speeding if you're moving with traffic and for impeding traffic if you go the speed limit? Is there a legal way to drive?
I live near the I10 in SoCal..in the Inland Empire...posted speed limit is 70. Most cars are doing 80-90 with big rigs doing 65-70. It's getting wild out here.
i drove a cab a few yers ago and was picking up a lady at a grocery store and saw two people get into a fistfight over the express lane cause a guy had 14 items in a 12 items or less line :-)
I'm pretty sure a jury would disagree with that. The law certainly would.
You see 75 do once you hit states like Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and most of the interior west.
Oh good grief. If you're having to brake or take evasive maneuvers, you're blind. It would be different if they were cutting people off, or slamming on their brakes. But if they are driving at a constant speed on the highway and you have to "take evasive maneuvers", you have your own personal problems.
That is true, and I am glad my home state of New York has a law against it (one of the few laws for which we deserve credit).
How does moving to the right after passing a slow moving car clog up the Road? Donut munchers? You must be from NJ?
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