It IS scary to drive on I-75 in Florida. Bigger signs are not the answer to the problem. Get the heck outta the left lane unless you are passing!
CHP ain't doing jack to stop it.
If people would just follow thta simple advice the world would be a better place!!
I recently drove from the Northeast down to Texas and came across many drivers tootling along obliviously in the left lane on the interstates.
I found myself wondering: what are these people thinking? Aren't they aware of how they're causing a problem? Don't they notice all the people weaving around them while shaking fists and making other gestures?
I get very unnerved by the way they drive down there, that's why I don't like being in those communities, because they drive slow, they sit low. That's their model. The state flag of Florida should be just a steering wheel with a hat and two knuckles on it. I mean, there is nobody in the car, sometimes! You just see cars going by, "There was nobody in that car! It was a completely empty car!"
...Always with the left turn signal on, from when they left the house that morning. That's a legal turn in Florida, it's known as an "eventual left."
What is the age that old people reach where they decide when they back out of the driveway, they're not looking anymore? Do you know how they do that, they just go, "Well, I'm old, and I'm coming back! I've survived, let's see if you can!"
Another thing, what about those folks who like to do the speed limit? Everyone knows the cops will give you 10MPH over the limit, yet there are those who like to do 55 in the middle lane - during rush hour, no less. Pi$$es me off to no end!
Right. Make more signs. People will then follow them.
I cannot help but think of the joke where the guy lost his brakes going down a mountain and was not worried because there was a Stop sign at the bottom of the hill.
Or Bill "Here's your sign" Engvall
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I've always had the opinion that anyone driving faster than me is an idiot, and anyone driving slower, and in the left lane no less, should have their license revoked and spend some time in jail.
You want an answer, I have it. They drive in the left lane because there are no cars in front of them, They are frightened people who are afraid when cars are in front of them. They know in the left lane they are moving slow and faster moving cars pull away from them leaving a clear lane.They dont have the good sense to worry about whats behind them as long as there is no one close in front.
Not only is the speed itself dangerous, but so is the differentials in speed between the slow and fast drivers. Nobody should be going more than +/- 10 mph from the posted speed limit except for very short stretches to ease out of bad situations.
I don't live in Florida but have been there a few times. What I noticed while driving on the interstate once was that it started to rain and drivers were pulling over to the shoulder in droves. It was not an especially hard rain either.
It's not just the slow drivers that are a problem; it's also the people who are going 10-20 mph above the speed limit, but refuse to ever get in the right lane, and cut off anyone who wishes to pass a slower vehicle.
What about the idiots who think its thier birthright to drive as slow as they want in the middle lane just because there is another lane to the left of them?
The left lane should be an automated toll lane (with an automated speed check). If you drive too fast or too slow, you lose your card (and get a ticket). If you have any recent tickets, you can't get a card. This would also be a better alternative than the "HOV" or "Limo" lanes being installed in cities (to the benefit of limo-riding politicians). Lower speed limits could be enforced in the other lanes without impacting traffic (if you want to drive fast, pay for the privilege).
This is a very serious problem on all interstates. It's also evident on four-lane state roads. Folks get in that left-lane and think that, as long as they are going the speed limit or just above it, everyone else be damned. That's what's causing this plague of people passing on the right, which is much more dangerous than using the "passing" lane on the left.
How did this come to pass? This plague of left-lane bandits?
Thoughts?
Maybe the American left-lane hogs should be required to drive in Europe for a few months and see how long they can get away with their oblivion.
It's real, real simple. No matter how many lanes there are, you need to be in the rightmost one unless you're actually passing a car. Then, get over only as many lanes to the left as you have to, and get back right when you're done passing.
I swear, many of the freeways in Atlanta have 5, 6, and 7 lanes each direction but can get "clogged" with ten or so cars that seem to pick lanes at random and sit in them for miles for no apparent reason. Not keeping as far to the right as possible is really about the most obnoxious and selfish bad habit drivers can have, and it needs to be dealt with. I say $500 fine for a first offense, and a 30 day license suspension for the next time.
I'm all for this bill (now that I've read it). I couldn't believe that FL didn't have a law against poking along in the left lane. I wrote my legislator two years ago about this and he said he totally agreed with me (having to drive up I75 to Tallahassee often) and said he'd look into it.
Then he got busted for DUI. I figured the karma wasn't right so I dropped it :-)
It's about time someone, somewhere started addressing the real problem with "aggressive drivers" - the passive, complacent drivers who are the root cause of the whole mess!
GTF outta the left lane, dumbass!!!
And truckers - you idiots get your heads outta your asses too! You can't pass another truck going up a hill - why even try? You do not own the damn road and you don't have the right to force your big, bulky slowness on the rest of us. I don't care what contribution you're making or how many taxes you pay!
QUIT BLOCKING TRAFFIC -- ALL OF YOU!