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'Slow-poke’ bill aims to stop left lane lingerers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | Aaron Gould Sheinin

Posted on 02/26/2014 11:06:56 AM PST by Kennesaw

Those who lollygag in the left lane of highways and interstates could be ticketed under legislation approved in the state House on Wednesday. House Bill 459, by Rep. Bill Hitchens, R-Rincon, was approved 162-9.

The bill makes it a misdemeanor for any driver on a divided highway who does not move to the right when a car going faster approaches from behind.

(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: autobahn; highwayrobbery; nannystate; passinglane; revenuetickets; scofflaws; speedkills
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To: thackney

On interstates I have a method that works great and is safe. I determine prevailing speed and then increase maybe 5 mph until I’m well clear of other traffic then I maintain a speed where I am not being passed much nor am I passing much. This avoids pack driving which is the most dangerous.


281 posted on 02/27/2014 5:13:04 AM PST by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: cva66snipe

Always a good plan.

My daughter uses the same concept in barrel racing (horse) lessons.


282 posted on 02/27/2014 5:19:05 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: cva66snipe
On interstates I have a method that works great and is safe. I determine prevailing speed and then increase maybe 5 mph until I’m well clear of other traffic then I maintain a speed where I am not being passed much nor am I passing much. This avoids pack driving which is the most dangerous.

That's a method recommended for motorcyclists, especially. Ride a little faster than the average speed, and try to stay in the holes between packs.

Passing or being passed puts you in close proximity to another vehicle, and you want to control when and where those events happen as much as possible. That's easier to do if you're the one passing.

283 posted on 02/27/2014 5:25:24 AM PST by tacticalogic
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To: from occupied ga

The 55mph drivers might be county&state workers-shirkers. They have leeway on getting to work on time. Those who labor in the dreaded private sector can not afford to be so relaxed.


284 posted on 02/27/2014 5:29:06 AM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: tacticalogic

Yeap and I’m always looking for an out I can go just in case. I live 20 miles north of Knoxville. Malfunction Junction where I-75 and 40 meet is the second worse interstate system in the southeast. I 40 going west is like playing the old video arcade game Pole Position. I live up I-75 north and avoid I 40 west as much as possible.


285 posted on 02/27/2014 5:35:30 AM PST by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: thackney

The safest speed is actually above the average. That curve is skewed significant;y to the right.

But be careful about reading too much into this.

It does not mean that one become safer by driving a little faster (if one is a slow driver). That slow driver, may be drunk, elderly, distracted, or an addle-brained-Freeper.

Note the log scale at left. Those who drive 30MPH below the average speed have a collision rate that is 1000x the rate for average-speed drivers!


286 posted on 02/27/2014 5:54:55 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("Income Inequality?" Let's start with Washington DC vs. the rest of the nation!)
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To: dennisw

The 55mph drivers might be county&state workers-shirkers. They have leeway on getting to work on time. Those who labor in the dreaded private sector can not afford to be so relaxed.


When I see a commercial vehicle (like a construction company pickup) driving slower than the prevailing speed, I think: “On the clock”. (Either that, or “on the phone”).


287 posted on 02/27/2014 5:57:19 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed ("Income Inequality?" Let's start with Washington DC vs. the rest of the nation!)
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To: Osage Orange

Actually I am a pretty moderate driver myself but if others want to speed it’s not my business. I do speed up and don’t mind going over the limit to keep from clogging the passing lane. To me it’s just common sense.


288 posted on 02/27/2014 6:03:13 AM PST by bkepley
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To: Atlas Sneezed

Oh get off it. If you think there’s no connection between alcohol and traffic deaths, there’s no further reason for discussion.


289 posted on 02/27/2014 6:14:29 AM PST by driftless2
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To: thackney

By obeying traffic laws, a person is “imposing” his will on others. Nice reasoning.


290 posted on 02/27/2014 6:15:22 AM PST by driftless2
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To: Atlas Sneezed

I stated I’m not for setting artificially low speed limits. I merely stated that if everybody drives slower, there’s less chance of an accident. Which of course is absolutely true. Don’t pursue arguments the other person hasn’t made.


291 posted on 02/27/2014 6:17:51 AM PST by driftless2
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To: Navy Patriot

Again, I’m not for lowering speed limits...I’m actually for raising them in my state of Wisconsin. The speed limit should be set at whatever a reasonable degree of safety can be expected. If they can create roads and cars engineered that people could drive 100 mph on the highways without undue traffic accidents/fatalities, that’s fine with me.


292 posted on 02/27/2014 6:21:57 AM PST by driftless2
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To: Kennesaw
lollygag

Have always thought > what an outstanding word !

293 posted on 02/27/2014 6:24:43 AM PST by tomkat (3%+1)
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To: driftless2

If you are intentionally blocking the passing lane, you are not obeying the traffic laws.


294 posted on 02/27/2014 6:26:07 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: MeganC
Were it up to me I'd just make it legal to shoot fast lane malingerers


             

d;^) lol

295 posted on 02/27/2014 6:27:09 AM PST by tomkat (3%+1)
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To: from occupied ga

Run your car into a tree at slow speed and take a picture.

Then do it again at high speed and take another picture.

Then compare.


296 posted on 02/27/2014 6:28:14 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: dalereed

Dale, you are a character. They don’t actually let you behind the wheel do they?


297 posted on 02/27/2014 6:29:58 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor ')
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To: FreedomPoster

It’s a good thing to stay out of certain areas — or you risk provoking the locals into being forced to have to, against their will, target you in a knockout game.

The very fact that you are on their street, Barney, is an act of passive aggression.


298 posted on 02/27/2014 6:30:28 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
into a tree at slow speed and take a picture...

Irrelevant.

We were talking about the CAUSE of accidents

299 posted on 02/27/2014 6:30:41 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Atlas Sneezed

See post 229


300 posted on 02/27/2014 6:31:34 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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