Yeah, get serious! The fine should be at least $500! Maybe they will put in a provision that would allow CC holders to shoot out their tires!

 

Politicians ....

 

yankee sympathizin' policians...

 

I am of two minds about this. Yes, I find people "camping" in the passing lane very annoying. But why have another law that the HP will not enforce? If this was an issue they could address it now with the current "failure to yield" laws.

 

[QUOTE="JamesLFlowers, post: 1699270, member: 14824" But why have another law that the HP will not enforce? If this was an issue they could address it now with the current "failure to yield" laws.[/QUOTE]

this

 

But then Mr Tarte couldn't say he was working so hard for us drafting new legislation?

 

COOL so now if I'm in the faast lane they can't give me a ticket cause I had to go that fast to stay out of the way.

There was a skit or a joke or some such Years ago I'm thinking the PoPo pulled a guy over for driving too slow in the fast lane in some ragitty old POS he said but officer my car was going as fast as it could.

 

The episode you are thinking of was Sanford and Son, "Legal Eagle". One of my personal favorites.

 

MikeW,
That is an interesting point. So when given a ticket for speeding, you would have a very real defense of I was trying to not break the law. LOL!

 

Bump passing. That is all.

 

At least he is trying to do something about 2 of my pet peeves..... Good for him!!!

 

AZ had this law. In the 10 years I lived there I only saw it used once...and that was a truly great day. Keep in mind, AZ has a boatload of "snowbirds" that only live there in the winter. Ninety years old driving a 4 ton 22ft long Delta 88 in the fast lane at 45mph during the morning commute.

I commute 90 miles each day and slow pokes - especially those in a Prius - in the fast lane really get under my skin.

Let's get school buses off the free way too. In the drivers manual they make a big deal about how vehicles moving too slow are at much greater risk for being involved in an accident. A few pages later they mention how to be on the lookout for slow moving school buses because they're on the freeway while governed to 45mph in a 65mph zone.

 

I would rather they give these tickets than sitting on the side of the road shooting radar to write tickets for 11 mph over the limit. Tickets ought to be written for impeding or exceeding the flow of traffic, not for violating an arbitrary speed limit that is very often set too low.

But the reality is that they are going to write these tickets and the 11-over tickets, so there really won't be a "right" way to drive.

 

Maximum. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

 

I've seen CHP many times come up behind some dumbass in the left lane, put on their lights and follow them over to the slow lane, only to pass them and turn off their lights. lolz.

Buy that man a donut and a cup of joe!

 

how many people ride 55 in the 70 zone left lane behind a cop?
This is just another fluff law that will almost never be enforced because it's to hard to catch.

 

It's even better when it's a retired vic, out of state, or out of county.

 

If someone is camped out in the left lane DOING the SPEED LIMIT then there should be no problem right? I can not tell you how many times I have been 10 mph over and had someone pass me on the right doing 15-20 more. They usually give you the GTH look as they pass. Freakin eh! If you needed to get there that fast you should have taken a flight. Just sayin.

 

Rules of the road: If theres someone behind you, nobody in front of you and nobody beside you move the hell over.

 

If you're doing 150 mph in the left lane and someone is gaining on you, you need to move over.

 

Or make left lane for passing only. No driving in it

 

Oh joy oh joy please let this pass. Nothing makes me want to choke the crap out of someone more than this.

 

Since we are on the subject. If a tractor trailer pulls out to pass you, that's not the time to speed up. We are governed. If you speed up now we are all screwed. And the truck driver is usually as pissed as the folks behind him. Man do I hate that crap. And I'm the guy in the rig.

 

Yea but then you hit the next hill and slow down 10-15 mph now I'm screwed till the next downhill grade where the big rig can run 15 over the limit. Dont get me wrong I usually give the rig a wide berth if I cant run faster than you I'll slow down so you get buy faster but there ain't nothing as boring as getting stuck behind that big ol set of doors going up a mountain.

 

"Passing Lane". If you ain't "passing", you're in the wrong lane.

Getting ticketed for it isn't new.

 

"Passing Lane". If you ain't "passing", you're in the wrong lane.

Getting ticketed for it isn't new.

Someone needs to tell this to the Charlotte CATS buses that get on I-77 heading south every day, exits 30 & 28 about 5:15-5:30 pm. As soon as is possible they move to the left lane. Only reason I can see for it is when they get to where I-77 opens up to where the HOV lane is they move to the left to get in that lane. But for 11 miles they've got traffic backed up. Ridiculous.

 

Great, this one again.

I know the world you all envision is one where the left lane is a barren wasteland and the right lane is full of people all going exactly the speed you think they should go. The law can't make that world.

When I'm driving in the left lane and someone comes up behind me they usually don't give me any time to get out of their way, they just blast around me on the right. Saves me a ton of trouble.

 

Great, this one again.

I know the world you all envision is one where the left lane is a barren wasteland and the right lane is full of people all going exactly the speed you think they should go. The law can't make that world.

When I'm driving in the left lane and someone comes up behind me they usually don't give me any time to get out of their way, they just blast around me on the right. Saves me a ton of trouble.

Anywhere within 50 miles of DC is like that.

 

Flashing your lights for someone to move over can get you an aggressive driving ticket in NC.

 

I kinda doubt that. I can't find any specific mention of that kind of law. Maybe if it's part of a greater pattern of aggressive driving, but if all you're doing is signaling a slow driver to move over, I don't think they can legitimately ticket you for that and that alone.

Somebody runs up behind me and I make them slow down, I know they want to pass. No need to flash the high beams. Flashing high beams makes people want to keep you from passing.

You're the exception, then, because very often people going slow in the left lane aren't paying a bit of attention.

 

In the future all vehicles will be driven by computers and controlled by the govment....

 

I normally drive in the left lane because it is smoother. I try to pay attention and move over of I see someone speeding up behind me.

 

Just stay off my bumper,or you're gonna get the brakes. the wreck will be your fault for following too closely one car length of space for every ten mph there's a speed limit I'm not speeding cause you want to get a ticket there's a slow limit as well .

 

Brake checking is one of the more stupid way to react to a tailgater. The wreck you cause might not be your fault legally, but you could end up just as dead as the guy you tried to teach a lesson.

 

This is the same guy that wants to ban even holding a cell phone while driving right?