No thanks; I like the South and I'm too far from there right now as it is :-p I am curious, though: given that you have such a law in Washington, is it obeyed or enforced? Could a person drive at some arbitrary speed in the left lane without being blocked by a person who refuses to move right?
You have got to be kidding! LOL!
Could a person drive at some arbitrary speed in the left lane without being blocked by a person who refuses to move right?
They ALL drive at arbitrary speeds. I gererally run 70 to 75 in a posted 60 zone, and probably 80% of those around me are doing the same. The other 20% seem about equally divided between those going at least 85 the those doing 45.
However, it must be said that it is almost a given that the ones going 45 will be in the left lane!
You said -- "No thanks; I like the South and I'm too far from there right now as it is :-p I am curious, though: given that you have such a law in Washington, is it obeyed or enforced? Could a person drive at some arbitrary speed in the left lane without being blocked by a person who refuses to move right?"
I was driving just outside of Dallas, going east on I-30, where the speed limit is 65 and I was maintaing that speed exactly, while a woman was coming up, very, very slowly on my left, and passing. I think she was passing me at about 1 or 2 MPH faster than me.
And she wasn't blocking any traffic from behind. However, a state trooper came up very fast (at about 15 MPH faster) and then got right on her bumper -- at about 20 feet behind her. He waited for about 20 seconds and then turned on his lights and pulled her over.
It was simply for not passing on the left -- and just "staying" in that lane while passing.
I've found that if you're in that kind of situation, it's better to pass at 5-10 MPH faster, even if you exceed the speed limit and then cut it back down after you pass and get on the right -- even if it's a state trooper behind you. It's *always* better to get out of his way -- no matter what.
And I've done that before. If I see a state trooper coming up on me fast, I'll speed up (even past the speed limit) and then pull over to the right, and cut my speed back down again to the limit. It has never caused me any problems.
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Star Traveler