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Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving

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From: John R Cambron
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 00:00
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Rahul Dhesi wrote:
> 
> In <359555a3.6855317@nntp.ix.netcom.com> postonly@nospam.com writes:
> 
> >She had a good excuse.  Her exit was on the
> >left.  She didn't want to miss it.  When an exit
> >is on the left, the left lane should not be thought
> >of as the fast lane.  But if she was really only
> >going 38 MPH, maybe she could have been
> >charged with driving too slowly on that kind of
> >road, regardless of lane.
> 
> She was driving too slowly by only 2 mph.  In all the states that I have
> driven through, when there is a posted minimum speed on a 55 mph
> highway, the minimum is 40.  Somebody driving at the posted minimum speed
> would normally be expected to be in the rightmost lane.  But as you
> correctly pointed out, she was looking for a left exit, so the left lane
> should be considered a slow lane and 40 pm be the minimum speed.  She
> undershot it by 2 mph -- hardly a big crime.
> --

Maryland is one of those states that does not have posted minimum
speed limit on its interstate highway system even out west on I 68
and I 70 also there no signs that read KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS.
Only place you see signs that read SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT is on
up grades.

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From: John R Cambron <fairland@mail.*chesapeake*.net>
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/02
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