Great, if they only enforce it! To the best of my knowledge most states have a “slower traffic keep right” law, but it is never enforced.
As a truck driver I have seen, mostly going through Chicago, how one slow driver in the middle lane can cause a jam up several miles long. After getting past that one car you can drive the speed limit, or close to it for a couple miles until you reach the next jam up that is caused by the same problem....
To the best of my knowledge most states have a “slower traffic keep right” law, but it is never enforced....Ever been to PA?
I have driven a LOT on highways around the nation. It is apparent that at night, especially, our highways are the domain of the truck. When I was 18 I did the standard maintenence on the three Peterbuilts this one guy owned that haled produce from LA to Seattle. I also unloaded the 40 foot trailers by hand. Usually it was boxes of oranges that were hand loaded (probably by mexicans), and I loaded them onto palates to be carted away by the forklifts. I also would drive the drivers home.
That experience (and the conversations I had with the drivers) is what caused me to NOT become a truck driver. ;-)
Nevertheless, They are the ones that both damage the roads AND pay dearly for the privelege to do so, so I don’t complain.
I drive from central KY to Chicago on a pretty regular basis because the grandkids live in Chicago. I pass a LOT of trucks. The one thing I watch out for is a row of trucks where it looks like one of them is going to pull out in front of my and pass the rest of the trucks at about 2 mph faster than they are going. I play a fun trick. As I am approaching I am aware that they are watching me, trying to decide if they should pull out in front of me to pass. What I do is, as I get closer, speed up dramatically. It usually throws off their timing, causing them to let me by, but sometimes it causes them to pull out while there is still a fair distance between them and the truck in front of them. If they do, I speed up even more and pass them on the right, enabled by the fact that there is still plenty of room to pull in front of them. It’s become something I watch for a LOT. It can take MILES for some of these trucks to pass each other.
As a truck driver I have seen, mostly going through Chicago, how one slow driver in the middle lane can cause a jam up several miles long.