"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"JJ" wrote:

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. (snip)


Thanks for looking that up, JJ. I suspected it was the law in Texas. I
suspect it is also the law in Jim's state. Most states have, or are
passing,
laws in this regard because of studies which show that drivers who refuse
to
move to the right to allow others to pass cause accidents. I haven't seen
these studies myself, but I've heard mention of them in debates about
these
laws.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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


I don't accept JJ's submission at all. Perhaps if he'd reference more than
just the name of a newspaper, I could go and do some research myself. What
*part* of the "submission" from JJ is actually from the newspaper? The line
that says, "Texans must drive in the right-hand lane" or the rest or any
other part of it? I just tried on the Startlegram (an affectionate local
colloquialism for the Ft Worth newspaper) to lookup any news article with
"traffic" in it and didn't pull a thing related to what JJ has above. Not
even anything remotely connected for that matter.

So, JJ, how 'bout something a little more concrete. By the way, the
research did just net that beginning on Sep 1 of this year there is some new
law in effect regarding police safety on highways during traffic stops.

Kim W5TIT