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Article #1500Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving
From: John R Cambron
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 00:00
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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North Beach MD USA
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