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I love it. Simple to enforce, will speed up traffic flow and make the highways safer. The Germans have been doing it for years.
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New Law Would Make Highway Left-Lane Illegal to Non-Passing Vehicles
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turbo ninja
Crumb Bus, Oh.
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So does this mean the slowpoke in the left lane would be to blame if the only way around is to pass on the right? Or would blame fall on the passer for using the "wrong" lane, which is to say the right lane, to pass?
If traffic in the right lane is spread out, how much leeway will you get before a cop decides you aren't in the act of passing someone? We learned all about how to keep a safe distance from cars in front of you - one second for every 10 MPH, for example, but that can look like quite a distance between your vehicle and the one in front of you at 70 MPH. It would be counter-productive if drivers are forcing their way back into the right lane as soon as they clear the car they just passed.
If the pass-left rule goes through as a primary offense, I'd want to see more clarification.
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JeepGirl
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turbo ninja said:
So does this mean the slowpoke in the left lane would be to blame if the only way around is to pass on the right? Or would blame fall on the passer for using the "wrong" lane, which is to say the right lane, to pass?If traffic in the right lane is spread out, how much leeway will you get before a cop decides you aren't in the act of passing someone? We learned all about how to keep a safe distance from cars in front of you - one second for every 10 MPH, for example, but that can look like quite a distance between your vehicle and the one in front of you at 70 MPH. It would be counter-productive if drivers are forcing their way back into the right lane as soon as they clear the car they just passed.
If the pass-left rule goes through as a primary offense, I'd want to see more clarification.
Like it or not, as with many traffic violations (Red light, Stop sign, Yield Right-of-Way, Following to closely, etc) it most likely would be subjective to the opinion of the cop.
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chrisgillespie
Short North/Victorian Village
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I love this. Missouri has had a law like this for a long time, and they do ticket for it. I don't think it's sensible to apply this within the innerbelts when there is heavy traffic, and I think that would be hard to enforce. However, this makes a world of difference when you get down to 2 lanes in each direction. In Ohio, we have family in Marion, Richwood, and West Mansfield -- so we travel out there frequently. When the road goes down to 2 lanes in each direction, people still just drive in either lane in Ohio. Drives me crazy. In Missouri, when you are driving out to Lake of the Ozarks, 70 drops down to 2 lanes in each direction. With very few exceptions (usually out of towners), folks stay in the right hand lane until they approach a car, then we go to the left, pass, and get right back over. My parents live at the lake, so this is another route we drive frequently. I still have to remind Carl when he's riding the left in Missouri, but it really does great things for traffic flow, and I suspect reduces road rage and accidents from passing on the right. If we have the law in Ohio, too, maybe he'll form the habit, and I won't get in trouble for telling him how to drive when we visit my folks! ;)
--ETA: sorry, meant outerbelt, not innerbelt...
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misskitty
Columbus
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This is a good thing. I had assumed that this was already a law but glad to see it in play.
Slow people get the hell out of the fast/passing lane thank you.
Can’t stress how annoying it is to have a driver going 65 in the left lane then they get pissed when you ride there ass and make them move.Posted 3 months ago #
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