Posted on 07/31/2018 3:43:30 PM PDT by Boomer
Only two Idaho drivers have been cited for driving too slowly in the fast lane since the state’s new “slowpoke” law took effect July 1. Three other drivers got warnings that they better go the speed limit in the left lane or scoot over.
Those numbers, current as of July 27, are from the Idaho State Police, which patrols the state’s highways. Tickets for speeding during that time frame — numbering 2,495 — far surpass these five cases of impeding fast-lane traffic.
Even so, the new law gives troopers another tool to keep roads safer, said bill sponsor Rep. Lance Clow, R-Twin Falls.
(Excerpt) Read more at idahopress.com ...
And you can be pulled over for anything....
Ayn Rand....come to mind.
I’m with you on too many laws. But there is common courtesy...no longer common in this world.
It is that way now—impossible to know all the laws, and every January first the paper prints the list of new ones.
Tennessee has something like that.
But I always run into situations like this...
I’m in the fast lane and going 2 miles faster than the speed limit.
I’m slowly gaining on the cars on the right, enough that I don’t want to change lines and get behind them.
But there are 4 cars that want to do 10 miles faster than the speed limit lining up behind me.
Am I wrong?
I get your point and agree. Apparently though; we have too many stupid people in America who don’t know how to drive properly so they need a nudge to get a clue.
In Italy they have so many driving laws the citizens finally got sick of it and just started ignoring all of them.
There’s not much more frustrating on the road than some big rig pulling in front of you in the 75 mph zone while he’s doing 34 to pass the other truck who is doing 32 or that idiot in the fast lane doing 55 in the 75 when everyone else is doing 80+. Both are impeding traffic and deserve a ticket.
Great question...I typically will drive at last 5mph over the posted speed limit in our 80mph Idaho freeways, and in no time there will be a line of nuts who think they should be able to drive 100.
I only drive in the fast lane to overtake slower vehicles, but often it is not possible to return to the right lane immediately...which is also why I carry.
I would say ever since around 2012, there have been many times I would have to ignore the top speed limit, and go faster, just to move along with the dominant flow.
There are times where even in the far right lane, aka, the Slow Lane, the stream is rushing down the freeway at 70 mph.
What can you do, unless your car is disabled, you have to move. It’s like RAWHIDE....Keep them doggies movin!
I do most of my driving on a two lane state highway in a rural area - holding up more than six cars will get you a ticket and there are pullouts every so often.
Maybe I should start carrying.
We need a stand your lane law.
Yep.
Jersey already has a “left lane is for passing only” law - but it’s never enforced - hope Idaho’s police are more diligent than ours......
Is this for the marijuana users?
Nothing is more idiotic and more of a danger to traffic flow and safety than these rude jackasses that park in the left lane at the speed limit or so.
And after the sheer joy of driving on the autobahn, it makes you truly hate those idiots back here poking along in the fast lane.
Over there the supreme sin is passing on the right, and refusing to move right for faster traffic approaching from behind.
You move right with confidence because nobody will ever be in your blind spot on the right.
I say do not ticket the slow drivers in the fast lane. I prefer making them exit their car, lighting it on fire, and slapping their face with gloves (like before a duel), and confiscating their license.
“”””It is that way now—impossible to know all the laws, and every January first the paper prints the list of new ones.”””
What’s this “paper” you speak of??? My grandma used to get one but I haven’t seen one in my house for 30 years.
“That law now allows drivers to go 15 mph over the speed limit to safely pass a vehicle going below the speed limit.”
Now that’s a bonus.
Yes, pull to the right, let the ones going 10 faster than you pass, then resume your 2 over trip.
Yes, pull to the right, let the ones going 10 faster than you pass, then resume your 2 over trip.
Another excellent thing: In Idaho there is no set speed for reckless driving. In a lot of states that speed is 85mph. With some of the 75 mph speed limits you see people going over 85; not realizing they are risking a reckless driving charge and higher insurance premiums.
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