If there is someone behind you (in the left lane)who wants to go faster - GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY. Period. Failure should result in a Rodney King style beat down, a fine equal to several year's income and permanent revocation of drivers license
That’ll teach those Left Lane Malingerers! They’re probably ILLEGALS, too! ;)
I lived in Maryland in the early 1950.
I always thought the state was batty. All real estate in Maryland is leased from the State. You lease your land for 99 years and then build a house on it.
I often wondered why the state owns all the land.
Today AWFCD filed a civil rights case against Maryland’s new left lane lingering bill said Asian Women for Careful Driving spokesperson Wi Go Slo.
People want safety but they also want speed.
they strike a compromise with being safe but FEELING like they’re going fast by simply sitting in the fast lane.
I despise those people, they’re greedy.
I hate it when road hogs keep me from going 30mph over the speed limit!
http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html
7 States already have this law.
My state has it, I’ve never seen it enforced but I constantly see electronic highway signs telling everybody about the law...that no one follows.
Part of the problem is that the speed limits are often unrealistic and meaningless. The tollways around Chicago are posted at 65, but the speed in the left lanes is typically 80 to 85 (with the real cowboys even blazing past that). The state troopers rarely pull over anybody in the 75 to 80 range, which isn’t surprising, because the majority of the traffic is moving at that speed all across the tollway (if they can).
So all it takes is some moron in the left lane going 5 to 10 over the limit to disrupt traffic flow over an entire four lane width of highway - and of course since that bozo is running well over the limit, he’s totally self-righteous about sitting in the far left lane, even if there’s a half-mile gap between him and the person ahead of him in that lane.
If that happened here, traffic would be backed up for miles. We usually have a right turning lane, a left turning lane and 2 center lanes for normal traffic. Even then it is bumper to bumper. I absolutely detest driving during rush hours although it is getting that way all day. We need more roads to handle our growing traffic needs. I know growth is supposed to be progress but enough is enough.
Great - NJ has signs all over the place “Left Lane For Passing Only” - never enforced and drivers dead to the world get in the left lane, drive side by side with someone on the inside lane and hold up traffic for miles - for once Maryland gets it right....
Anyone remember John Nestor?
“Folden says the aim of the bill is to prevent traffic congestion.”
I’d wager it will have the opposite effect, since it will essentially reduce the number of lanes on the highways by 1.
Bad unsafe law.
Lingering is safe because like tailgating, road debri or an animal while passing will cause an accident.
Lingering allows a safe distance before pulling back into the slow lane.
What loser passed this??
Well if they use the fines to put up a fence on the Tydings bridge it’ll be worth it /s
If the cops wanted to write some easy tickets here, they could just start enforcing the existing left lane law.
My home state of Louisiana passed a similar law several years ago. It was long overdue. Although I have never seen it enforced, I have noticed that many more people started to drive much friendlier by not hogging the passing lane.
I really don’t understand the mindset of “vigilante” drivers who think that it is their job to enforce the speed limit by hogging the passing lane. Isn’t this supposed to be a free country? Move over and LET MY PEOPLE FREE!!! Don’t be rude!
Of course this law would NOT be enforced during rush hour “bumper to bumper” traffic when NOBODY is going anywhere fast anyway as some here are trying to argue. The language of the law covers that situation. And that is just plain common sense. This law is only enforceable when it is safe for a driver to move out of the passing lane, but refuse to do so.
The fine would only apply to citizens.
Illegals would get a pass, since MD wants to be a sanctuary state.
Driving one night *in* Frederick County and this putz in a mini van decided to sit in the left lane. Not only that but if anyone tried to pass him he sped up to make passing all but impossible.
Finally resigned myself to the right lane but soon a State Trooper came down fast in the left lane right behind this guy. Sat off his bumper probably 20ft.
Well, Mr MiniVan didn’t move. Didn’t speed up. Didn’t move over. And it was obvious he had no idea the car behind him was a cop.
After a few miles of this, Mr Mini Van decided he didn’t like the car on his rear bumper so he started tapping his brake lights - LOL! Mr Cop didn’t like this one bit so flipped on his lights and pulled the guy over.
YAY! There is a God! ;)