"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"N2EY" wrote:

I'd call it an accurate description, not
an interpretation.


And I could just as easily say mine is an accurate description.


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?


You're not that ignorant of the traffic laws around the country, Jim. In
most states, slower vehicles must drive in the right lane (or right lanes
on
multiple lane roads),


I'd go along with that. However, I have always (maybe incorrectly, but...)
interpreted that "rule" to mean traffic that is going *slower than the
posted speed.* Wrong? Right? If the rule is designed to facilitate a
smooth flow of traffic *and* driver safety, why would it be contrary to the
safety aspect by making drivers constantly adjust to how much or little
someone is following the posted speed? The *flow of traffic* is probably
meant to imply flow of traffic at posted speeds.


drivers should not impede the flow of traffic, and
drivers must allow others to pass. Of course she doesn't have to slow down
to do so. Instead, she would be expected to move to the right as soon as
there is an opening for her to do so (instead of camping out in the left
lane because she is driving fast enough).


I'd *almost* be willing to bet that I am more in line with the law--and even
the spirit of the law--than a person behind me acting like an idiot. I am
acting like an idiot, too, because you are correct in feeling that I could
just move over. But I liken it to the same thing as someone who is at an
intersection with others--in Texas it is common (though I would venture to
say illegal) that the first person at a stop sign goes first. This practice
ignores all right-of-way laws I learned when I was learning to drive, but it
is common practice. So, do I part from common practice and keep sitting at
a stop sign, waiting for the person going straight to go through the
intersection before I take my turn?


Where is it in the motor vehicle code
that a driver on a multilane divided
highway has to change lanes and slow
down to allow a speeder to pass in a
non-emergency situation?


Don't be silly, Jim. I don't live in your state. I've already said that
is
the law in "most" states, which obviously isn't a statement about all
states. If you have any question about the laws in your specific state,
look
it up yourself. After all, it's your motor vehicle code, not mine.


I am looking for that now.


It's everyone's business.


It's everyone's business to enforce the traffic laws by taking direct
action on the highways? I suppose you're also going to say she should
chase
speeders down the highway and ram their vehicles if they refuse to stop.
The
last thing we need is self-styled vigilantes on our nation's highways.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/


Then, maybe I should stop calling police when I see drunk and/or unsafe
drivers on the road?

Kim W5TIT