It's about time!

[hannibal]

Florida will begin issuing tickets for drivers going too slow in the left lane.

http://wtvr.com/2013/07/01/driving-too- ... ticketing/

Think this will catch on??

[MinisterofDOOM]

Many states have left-lane laws. The problem is that few ENFORCE them. In Utah, you'll even frequently see "Slower Traffic Keep Right" signs. But no enforcement EVER.

I really think that lack of enforcement of this and turn-signal use are HUGE contributors to congestion and accidents.

[Dattebayo]

Sounds great!

...in theory, until you realize that can mean more rubbernecking and delays for high-traffic areas.

[JTR32gtst]

I get really aggrevated when 18 wheelers are chilling in the left lane.... I will holler at them on the radio.

[IBCoupe]

Sounds great!

...in theory, until you realize that can mean more rubbernecking and delays for high-traffic areas.

I'd rather take all traffic slowing down to the speed limit together for about a quarter mile of highway than eight miles of being stuck behind some ***hole who's driving beside an 18-wheeler, roughly matching its speed.

In Massachusetts, the law is that you can't be in the left lane without passing someone for more than a quarter mile.

[Bubba1]

Many states have left-lane laws. The problem is that few ENFORCE them. In Utah, you'll even frequently see "Slower Traffic Keep Right" signs. But no enforcement EVER.

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I agree.. The only time I see that law ever getting enforced is when there's a trooper in the left lane themself getting stuck behind someone who doesn't notice him/her in their mirror and fails to move over.


I find the law mildly amusing it directly conflicts with many elderly highway vigilantes, who purposely drive in the left lane at the speed limit, under the pretense that no one should be driving faster than that. Especially those reckless teenaged whippersnappers with their gawdy, winged, windshield bannered, ferrin' cars that look like they were dropped off a roof and sound like wet farts .

[OriginalWheelman]

I went on a 700 mil road trip recently. 700 miles each way. The person I rode with didn't want to spring for the $10 per day to allow me to drive, even though I offered to pay for it. So I spent 1400 miles in the passenger seat with a normal, non-enthusiast driver. It was horrifying. She seemed to have no idea the rules of the road. She was driving with her high beams on for a while in the middle of the night, as we passed cars, and as cars were coming at us on the highway. I even said "You know you have your high beams on." to which she replied "Yeah i know." The worst, I mean the wort part of it, even thought she was sometimes speeding, sometimes doing the speed limit, sometimes 10mph UNDER, she sat in the far left lane the ENTIRE 1400 MILES. I never understood why laws were needed like this until this trip.

[IBCoupe]

She was driving with her high beams on for a while in the middle of the night, as we passed cars, and as cars were coming at us on the highway. I even said "You know you have your high beams on." to which she replied "Yeah i know."

This is rampant in China. I was complaining about it to a friend there, and he told me that Chinese people are taught to drive with their high-beams on at night.

[Bubba1]

This is rampant in China. I was complaining about it to a friend there, and he told me that Chinese people are taught to drive with their high-beams on at night.

Interesting. I wonder what they are taught regarding low beams, perhaps they're for fog /blizzards only?

[IBCoupe]

I honestly don't know. But it's a mainland China thing, I think. You don't see it in Hong Kong as much. You also see many more expensive cars.

That might have something to do with it. s*** headlights, and all.