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

On 2008-07-27, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. <dwrousejr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 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:

Driver handbooks have lots of nonsense in them. 

> 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.

That's the kind of nonsense that somehow makes it into these manuals,
however the actual law is often another story entirely, and CA is a keep
right except to pass state as I recall.  The actual vehicle code trumps
the driver's manual.