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Originally Posted by FaytalsCamaro
So I was looking through Yahoo news story and came across this particular story that got me thinking...
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...211957738.html
In a nutshell a lady gets a ticket for going 2 MPH under the speed limit in the left hand lane. 63 in a 65 to be exact. The wording in the citation read "FAILURE OF DRIVER DRIVING BELOW SPEED LIMIT 63 IN A 65 TO KEEP RIGHT."
To be completely honest I'm kinda glad she got the ticket. Nothing bothers me more then a slow person in the left hand lane. But then i got to thinking. If going 63 in a 65 is too slow...I mean only 2 mph difference from the POSTED speed Limit which I'm pretty sure there is a reason its called the law. Is there a rule of thumb of how high OVER the speed limit you can go in the passing lane? 5 over? 10 over? |
She should have been ticketed for impeding traffic. The left lane isn't the "fast lane". it's for overtaking and passing. After you complete your pass you're supposed to get out of the left lane when able to do so safely. That's what give way to the right means. It's the law and she was justly ticketed. Now if the local police would ticket for driving w/ brights on....
