Gotta love the drivers that think it's easier to slow down to merge rather than speed up. I don't care what mods you've got, your car stops quicker than it accelerates.In addition to left lane campers, I'd also like to give a shout out to the folks that like to merge at around 50mph when the posted limit is 70, and traffic is going 80.
Funny, every state I've ever driven through, which is quite a few has signs on Interstates that say slower traffic keep right. What additional education is needed? Literacy?
LOL, guess not. Cell phone use while driving is a whole other pet peeve. I have to agree with Diggs, thank goodness I'm still working from home! I have noticed I'm calmer when driving now that I don't have to commute. My teenage kids don't even give me a hard time about flipping people off any more...You don't expect people to pause their face time call long enough to look up and read signs, do you?
They seem to think that it only applies to the stretch of road that has the signs. What we need to do is require people to re-test for their license every 5 years, and make that test even more difficult. You know, actually force them to learn the rules in order to obtain the privilege of driving.Funny, every state I've ever driven through, which is quite a few, has signs on Interstates that say slower traffic keep right. What additional education is needed? Literacy?
People don't understand that in order to merge safely you need to match the speed of the cars in the lane they're merging into. Maybe I was just lucky and was taught how to drive by someone who actually cared, but stuff like this seems so obvious to me.Gotta love the drivers that think it's easier to slow down to merge rather than speed up. I don't care what mods you've got, your car stops quicker than it accelerates.
Who deputized them to enforce the speed limit?i kind of do want to bring up a weird point about the law though.
lets say people are driving in the left lane (or hell, even the right lane) and 70mph in a 70mph limit zone.
Wouldn't it be illegal to pass them either way? You need to break the speed limit to pass them.
What i'm saying is - and i am NOT defending them - if you are going 70mph, in the left lane, and the speed limit is 70mph, what is the problem? stopping you from breaking the law?
what's next, locking the door at the bank when the armed guy is trying to get in is a no-no?
This can be a tricky question. In Colorado, the left lane passing law is only when the posted speed limit is 65mph or higher, and when the volume of traffic allows for passing. If you are driving 65mph in the right lane, catch up to someone moving slower, it is perfectly acceptable to speed up in order to make the pass efficiently (even if it is technically illegal), then move back to the right and resume a lawful speed. The tricky part is how fast is reasonable, and how far past the slower vehicle should you go before moving over. So, while speeding is illegal, the intention is to create space between cars, and get ahead of traffic.i kind of do want to bring up a weird point about the law though.
lets say people are driving in the left lane (or hell, even the right lane) and 70mph in a 70mph limit zone.
Wouldn't it be illegal to pass them either way? You need to break the speed limit to pass them.
What i'm saying is - and i am NOT defending them - if you are going 70mph, in the left lane, and the speed limit is 70mph, what is the problem? stopping you from breaking the law?
what's next, locking the door at the bank when the armed guy is trying to get in is a no-no?
In Colorado, it is very clear that police are the only ones who can enforce this, civilians are not allowed to play hero and obstruct the flow of traffic because they don't like how fast another car is going. The law requires them to move right if they aren't actively passing.Who deputized them to enforce the speed limit?
Yes it's illegal but everyone else is driving faster and the highway patrol lets it go. If the prevailing traffic is going faster and the left lane camper is inhibiting the flow of traffic they are supposed to get out of that lane.i kind of do want to bring up a weird point about the law though.
lets say people are driving in the left lane (or hell, even the right lane) and 70mph in a 70mph limit zone.
Wouldn't it be illegal to pass them either way? You need to break the speed limit to pass them.
What i'm saying is - and i am NOT defending them - if you are going 70mph, in the left lane, and the speed limit is 70mph, what is the problem? stopping you from breaking the law?
what's next, locking the door at the bank when the armed guy is trying to get in is a no-no?
The Georgia “Slow Poke” law addresses this. I pulled this up from an article on the interwebs:i kind of do want to bring up a weird point about the law though.
lets say people are driving in the left lane (or hell, even the right lane) and 70mph in a 70mph limit zone.
Wouldn't it be illegal to pass them either way? You need to break the speed limit to pass them.
What i'm saying is - and i am NOT defending them - if you are going 70mph, in the left lane, and the speed limit is 70mph, what is the problem? stopping you from breaking the law?
what's next, locking the door at the bank when the armed guy is trying to get in is a no-no?