Interesting info on legalities of left lane campers

[EW]

Move your junk if you're slower than the flow of traffic. Click the link for the map. Yes, I know it is from 2010.

http://jalopnik.com/5501615/left+lane-passing-laws-a-state+by+state-map

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Mar 25, 2010 2:30 PM
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Left-Lane Passing Laws: A State-By-State Map

Driving slowly in the fast lane is more than just annoying, it's also illegal in many states. Wanna know if your 45-mph, Buick-borne grandma is breaking the law on the interstate? Just consult our handy map.

The most popular law follows the Uniform Vehicle Code, which says a car driving below the "normal speed of traffic" should be driven in the right-hand lane. Because it indicates "normal speed" instead of saying "speed limit" a driver going above the speed limit but slower than most traffic is still in the wrong.

The states indicated in green dictate that the left lane should be used exclusively for passing or turning left, though most of these limit enforcement to multi-lane highways. The simplest and best laws simply state drivers in the left lane must always yield to faster traffic regardless of the passing car's speed or other factors.

Unfortunately, most of these laws are only enforced as a way of pulling over suspicious vehicles or passengers. This is why Georgia is in the process of passing a tougher "Slow-Poke Law" with real penalties for drivers.

[Source: MIT, August Chronicle, NHTSA]

[JFurst]

hey what is a kickass TV screen I can have installed in an 09 Escalade to replace that dink factory one? Also how much are the headrest TV's?

[War Machine]

I hate em so much

[lowthreeohz]

hey what is a kickass TV screen I can have installed in an 09 Escalade to replace that dink factory one? Also how much are the headrest TV's?

wouldnt a pm, or posting in his subforum be a better way of asking this?

[mikec]

wouldnt a pm, or posting in his subforum be a better way of asking this?

Why yes, I believe it would be!

[Gtracer]

I have always thought of joining law enforcement for many reasons....this being near the top

[mikec]

I have always thought of joining law enforcement for many reasons....this being near the top

So that you could write tickets to people driving in the left lane, or so that you could make posts that should have been PMs? Cause you don't need to be a cop to do the latter, people do it all the time...

[Lason]

Twice a year we make a road trip to Nashville and then from Nashville to Savannah, Ga then back here. In all those states, Texas is the worst about left lane campers. Its almost like as soon as you hit that border it starts.

[Forever_frost]

I got a warning for driving in the left lane. No one else on the road 11 at night and the Trooper almost hit me because I pulled over 'too quickly.'

I can see the issue if there's others on the road, but not if you're the only one

[Gtracer]

So that you could write tickets to people driving in the left lane, or so that you could make posts that should have been PMs? Cause you don't need to be a cop to do the latter, people do it all the time...

LOL I see what you did there...

I would be a ticket writing machine...trust me. Time to give back to the community...lol

[MattB]

I got a warning for driving in the left lane. No one else on the road 11 at night and the Trooper almost hit me because I pulled over 'too quickly.'

I can see the issue if there's others on the road, but not if you're the only one

If you're the only one on the road, why not just cruise in the left lane?

[Cooter]

If you're the only one on the road, why not just cruise in the left lane?

I think he was

but if he was on 35 in Oklahoma, I know why he was cruising in the left lane...

because the right lane is rough as hell

[SNEAKY]

anyone know how much it cost to rent a billboard to post "Get out of the left lane!!!!"

[MattB]

I think he was

but if he was on 35 in Oklahoma, I know why he was cruising in the left lane...

because the right lane is rough as hell

Whoops! Meant to say right lane! And yes there's a lot of areas where the right lane is rough as fuck.....

[Jimbo]

I dislike left lane campers as much as anyone, but we got pulled over on I10 at 3am on a drive to florida once. Not a single car in sight for miles and miles and it was necessary to pull us over for driving in the left lane?