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Re: Why do YOU drive in the passing (left) lane all the time?



michael w. geitner (mgeitner@execpc.com) wrote:
: lparker@larry.cc.emory.edu (Lloyd R. Parker) wrote:
: >
: >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.
: >
: 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.

But it's up to the police to enforce the speed limit, not some geezer 
tooling down the road at 55.

: My point is only that "slower" means slower than the speed limit, not
: slower than the guy in the Viper doing 80.  

No.  If the law meant that, it would say so.  Since the law assumes 
everybody is going slower than the speed limit, what's the point of 
requiring everybody to keep right then?

If I say, "bigger refrigerators," do you interpret that to mean bigger
than some standard, or bigger than other refrigerators?  If I say, "cars
with better fuel mileage," do you interpret that to be better than some
standard or better than other cars? 

: But I'm not a legal scholar.

: Mike


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