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GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - As the 100 deadly days of summer moves forward, we wanted to take a look at how one recently passed state law is affecting drivers. The ‘move right’ law, or as many call it the ‘slowpoke’ law. “If you are traveling on a controlled access highway, you should stay out of the left hand lane unless you are passing or overtaking a car,” said Corporal Joe Hovis, with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Only two Idaho drivers have been cited for driving too slowly in the fast lane since the state’s new “slowpoke” law took effect July 1. Three other drivers got warnings that they better go the speed limit in the left lane or scoot over. Those numbers, current as of July 27, are from the Idaho State Police, which patrols the state’s highways. Tickets for speeding during that time frame — numbering 2,495 — far surpass these five cases of impeding fast-lane traffic. Even so, the new law gives troopers another tool to keep roads safer, said bill sponsor Rep. Lance...

Thousands of people have been fined in the months since Virginia, for the first time, imposed penalties on people who drive too slowly in the left lane or commit other related traffic violations, data obtained through a public records request show. Beginning July 1, 2017, Virginia set a $100 fine for driving too slowly in the left lane, failing to stay to the right side except when passing, and other violations, such as crossing a double yellow line. Before that, the infractions were considered legal violations but had no fines attached. A similar effort in Maryland narrowly failed in the...

One of my biggest pet peeves on the road is the left-lane highway cruiser. If you’re a compulsive reader of my articles (Why would you do that to yourself?), you may remember that I have written on this very issue before.I don’t care how fast you are going. The leftmost lane on the highway is for passing. That is basic road etiquette, but, not surprisingly, few people here in Georgia follow it. And it is frustrating.Well the Georgia State legislature is here to save the day. They are currently enacting a bill (dubbed the Slowpoke Bill) that would make lollygagging...

CARLISLE, Pa. - A man was sentenced to house arrest for drunken driving and drug charges eight years after his paperwork somehow got lost in a bureaucratic shuffle, authorities said...

ATHENS, Greece ? They are called kompoloi, or worry beads. They have been a part of Greek culture for centuries. They are strands of 15 or 20 beads loosely strung on a chain that Greek men rub incessantly with their fingers and flip into their palm, creating a click-clacking sound as the beads smack together. "In moments of nervousness, confusion, impasse and vexation," a Web site devoted to worry beads explains, "(they) can give calm and peacefulness." You hear a lot of click-clacking around Athens these days. The Olympic Games return to Greece one year from today, or are supposed...