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Re: Why do YOU drive in the passing (left) lane all the time?
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Subject: Re: Why do YOU drive in the passing (left) lane all the time?
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From: lily1@ix.netcom.com (WARNING--Contents Protected With Permanent Marking )
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Date: 14 Nov 1995 12:46:04 GMT
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
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Organization: Netcom
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References: <484occ$cop@nntp.atlanta.com> <485684$4gj@homer.alpha.net> <4881ae$qh3@larry.cc.emory.edu> <488pel$pa4@homer.alpha.net>
In <488pel$pa4@homer.alpha.net> mgeitner@execpc.com (michael w.
geitner) writes:
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>lparker@larry.cc.emory.edu (Lloyd R. Parker) wrote:
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>>Not when the law is "slower traffic keep right." It does NOT say
"slow
>>traffic..." but "slower..." And if traffic is passing you, YOU are
>>slower traffic.
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>But in Wisconsin, the law does'nt state "slower traffic keep right"
>(except where posted).
>And even if it did, if the speed limit is posted 55mph then you can go
>that fast and all other traffic going slower is to stay right. That
>can't mean those that are breaking the law are allowed by law to be
>afforded free and unhindered passage in the left lane.
No, those who wish to go faster should have have free and unhindered
passage in the left lane, and that includes those who speed (except
during rush hour, when everyone is going nowhere).
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>My point is only that "slower" means slower than the speed limit, not
>slower than the guy in the Viper doing 80.
You're wrong. "Slower traffic keep right," means just that. If
someone is going faster than you you are slower traffic, no matter what
speed either of you are traveling.
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>But I'm not a legal scholar.
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>Mike
Eric
"I'm not speeding, I'm practicing civil disobedience."