Re: On Topic? Cars, anyway: 55 MPH speed limit...

"Brent P" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On 2008-07-24, Leftie <No@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Brent P wrote:
> >> On 2008-07-24, Leftie <No@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
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> >>> I do 58-60 in the center lane on my commute (lots of off-ramps in
> >>> the right lane) and idiots keep passing me on *both* sides.
Americans
> >>> are stupid.
>
> >> That may be true generally but in this case you're driving in the
wrong
> >> lane. Keep right except to pass. If you can't deal with the merge
> >> impaired go fast enough so you aren't being passed on the right.
>
> >     This is how we got into the current situation: being told to crowd
> > into the right-hand lane to make more room for speeders.
>
> *sigh*  A sign with an absurdly low number on it is not a license to
> drive poorly.
>
> > On a 3 lane
> > highway with off-ramps on the right, the right lane should be for
those
> > going below the limit, including those exiting or entering from ramps.
>
> WRONG. It's supposed to be the normal cruising lane. It was before the
> NMSL idiotcy of 55mph and still is.
>
> > The center lane should be for cruising at the limit or so,
>
> WRONG. It's for passing people in the right lane.
>

Not in all cases, though. This link from the California Driver Handbook
website shows otherwise, although obviously that's also only applicable to
California driving:

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/hdbk/pgs22thru25.htm

"Drive in the lane with the smoothest flow of traffic. If you can choose
among three lanes, pick the middle lane for the smoothest driving. To
drive
faster, pass, or turn left, use the left lane. When you choose to drive
slowly or enter or turn off the road, use the right lane.

If there are only two lanes in your direction, pick the right lane for the
smoothest driving."

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