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Proposal - Going too slow = ticket
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There is something that's confusing...
If you read the article, it says this... Currently, it's illegal to drive in the left lane unless passing. However, it's rarely enforced... So, if it's already a law, how come they have to make another one? The only thing I can think of is that it is easier to get a guilty verdict (if someone were to challenge the ticket) on a set speed violation vs someone that "might" have been in the left hand lane too long... Maybe it's much easier to say to a judge, "I clocked them at 45 in a 70", rather than say "I tailed them for 5 miles and they didn't pass anyone" and then have the defendant go into a 30 minute dissertation of why they stayed in that lane... |
Pfft, it won't do shit. Just like the keep right except to pass rule here in NY that has been on the books for years that doesn't do anything.
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Yep but it doesn't say what too slow is. Is doing the speed limit in the left lane, while impeding the people that want to go 10+, while I'm passing someone who is doing 60 count as a violation? Seems like a good idea turned into a crappy law that wasn't thought through fully.
I wish I knew where the video of 3 cars doing the same speed next to eachother on the highway around atlanta. They were doing the speed limit (perfectly legal) but people behind them were flipping out, passing on the shoulders and acting like fools. So who is wrong? the assholes who were doing the speed limit and didnt let anyone pass them at a higher than legal speed, or the people who did illegal stuff to get around them. Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B-Ox0ZmVIU Found it, skip to 3:20 |
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Lane discipline, people. |
Start of a good trend in lawmaking - laws that actually make the roads safer. Add passing on the right and tailgating enforcement and we'd be on to something.
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I think I'm in the minority on this one, I'm against it the way the article says its written. It needs to not be subjective, maybe state that impeding traffic while in the left lane by doing more than 5mph less than the speed limit, law doesn't count while sitting in traffic. The way its written now sounds liek its one of those fines that gets tacked on to other fines. "Guy was speeding, failure to maintain lane, failure to signal camping in left lane, littering, failure to wear seatbelt So I pulled him over and beat him". Yeh I hate when I want to go and people want to stop, but this just seems like a dumb idea that is only going to ever be used as a tack on fine to get more money out of you |
Doesn't Ga. allready have this? I thought I remembered seeing signs to the tune of "Speed limit 75 speed minimum 45" and then signs reading you WILL be ticketed for going slow in the fast lane :idk:
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I always thought you could get a ticket for going too slow... at least in Oregon... it was called Impeding Traffic... :idk: never seen it actually happen.
most of the "slow drivers" I've seen are actually just driving the limit... not 10-15mph over like everyone else |
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Plus most of fla is all transplanted new yorkers anyway :lol: |
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1. Nobody really changes lanes...they just kind of drift all over the place. 2. Left lane is for "well we are going to be on the expressway\parkway\highway for more than 2 miles so we''ll just stay here in the left lane. 3. Gotta tailgate or else someone is going to squeeze in and make matter worse 4. Solid white line? Aint that no different than a any other line. Just means you can use HOV lane as a passing lane. 5. Right of way means whoever leans in closest to steering wheel gets to go first. 6. It is mandatory that all cab\livery drivers ride the brake on the highway. rules state that brake light must flash at least once every 15 seconds. 7. Cell phone law really means "Use right ear...not left ear". |
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I think I have messed up more people by moving over to allow them to pass, they were like WTF is he doing LOL |
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Some asshole in a Trailblazer pulls up behind me and starts flashing to pass. In the right fucking lane. I can see in the rear view that he mouthing "Come on!!" and motioning with his hand for me to move up. In the right lane on a 4 lane highway with me travelling 3-5 mph over the speed limit. I immediately set my cruise control. Once it turned to a 6 lane he flies across to the far left lane to pass the guy in the now middle lane and then proceeds to cut back in...all pissy like. |
People who don't move over are on an ego trip.
"I'm not letting anyone tell me what to do!!!1" Like a 6-inch movement of the wrist is a lot of work. It's kind of like getting mad at someone just because they happened to be walking behind you, thus requiring you to hold the door for them. |
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In that case he was in the wrong, and is a tool.
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I call it the "molasses draft" Black men do it a lot, I've noticed. They're coming up behind you, and from 10 car lengths back they start drifting to the other lane. Several seconds later, their front bumper almost makes contact with your rear bumper. Perhaps it's because they're sitting so low, "wit a gansta lean", that they can't see the corners of their car? Or maybe it's their way of expressing "dominance" over you. "Ha ha, I just 'drafted' you with inches to spare, therefore I owned you." Dunno. :shrug: |
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