Dwight Stewart wrote:

"JJ" wrote:

Suggest you read 545.051 of the law in
my previous post.



I've read it, JJ. Instead, I suggest you read it again because you've
misinterpreted what it says. Section 545.051(a) refers to driving on the
opposite side of the highway - the side for traffic traveling in the
opposite direction.

Yes it does, but we are talking about a multiple lane road which item
(b) deals with.

Section 545.051(b) refers to driving in the right lane
if moving slower than other traffic. But, again, absolutely nothing says
the left lane is only for passing - nothing says a person can't drive in the
left lane on a multiple-lane highway when not interfering with the flow of
traffic.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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


If there are no other vehicles in the left lane then no, you do not have
to move to the right lane. But what started this argument is kimmygirl
saying that just because someone comes up behind her wanting to go
faster than she is dosen't mean she has to yield by moving to the right.

Here are her exact words from her posting of 12/2/03.

"It's fine for them to go 20 mph above the speed limit. It's fine if
they want to go 30-40 mph above the speed limit. But, they won't find
me moving out of their way; they'll have to go around because I am not
moving into a lane where I have to slow down, or even get "stuck" there
for a while, if there happens to be more than one vehicle that wants to
go past."

So her take is she has a perfect right to set in the left lane because
she dosen't have to yield to faster traffic. As long as she is passing
traffic to the right OK, but when she has passed the traffic to the
right she is obligated by the law to move to the right and yield to the
faster traffic, even if she thinks they are speeding. If she is going as
fast or slower than the traffic to the right then she is not passing
and, as the law plainly states, she should move to the right lane to
yield to any faster traffic. In plain words the law says, drive to the
right and pass to the left and if you are in the left lane, yield to
faster traffic by moving to the right. Very simple.