[MayflowerMadam]

It seems that that was a NYS law when I learned to drive in the ‘60s, and the cops were real persnickety about it.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

cops were real persnickety about it.

My dad that drove the meat wagon for the morgue in Wayne County (Detroit) told me that cops want to keep traffic flowing (he interacted with the police a lot). Made sense to me. Unfortunately every time the cops pull over some idiot there is a bottle neck.

I really noticed that in Thailand where police set up traffic blocks to extort money from drivers.