Dee D. Flint wrote:

"JJ" wrote in message
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N2EY wrote:



Hmmm...

She's going with the flow of traffic, *above* the posted speed limit,

but she

should slow down and change lanes so that someone who wants to go even

faster

can get by?

Yes, in Texas it is the law. You are supposed to drive in the right lane
and use the left lane for passing, even if you are doing the speed limit
or over, you are obliged to pull to the right lane to let another pass.
The following is an exerpt from an article in the Ft. Worth Star
Telegram, April 12, 2003.
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Texans must drive in the right-hand lane.

In other words -- move over.

Yes, you. Get out of the left lane.

I don't care how fast you're driving. Or what the speed limit is.

Texas law is blunt.

Except to pass, motorists "shall drive in the right-hand lane."

Both chronic slowpokes and self-appointed speed-limit vigilantes were
stung by transportation writer Gordon Dickson's report. He told how
habitual left-lane drivers are "despised" and how some traffic engineers
believe they cause wrecks.

I am not going to defend the lunatics who zoom up from behind at rush
hour, bearing down two inches behind your rear bumper and so close that
you can smell the extra-grande Starbucks coffee on their breath.

But the law is the law. Yes, it says drivers can't speed or tailgate.
But it also says to stay out of the left lane.

Some violators are obviously in denial.



How does the Texas law address the use of highways with say 4 or more lanes?
If everyone is supposed to stay in the right lane except to pass, the
highway then fails in its design purpose, i.e. to reduce congestion. The
law would seem to indicate that no more than two lanes in each direction are
ever needed.

Slower traffic stays to the right no matter how many lanes, if you are
in the left most lane of a four lane expressway you should move right to
give way to faster traffic.