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E. Faubion wrote:
> 
> Jim Titus <JTITUS@erols.com> wrote:
> 
> >In our various discussions of aggressive driving, a number of possible
> >policy options have been overlooked.  One solution would be to simply
> >arrest anyone who drives more than 10 mph under the speed limit--better
> >yet, anyone who drives less than 5mph over the limit.
> 
> Anywhere at anytime or just in specific instances?  And if the 5 mph
> tolerance is going to be used for the slow driver would it not be fair
> to also apply this to the fast driver?
> 
The -10mph mirror image is applied to fast drivers.  Unclear what you
even mean by applying the +5mph rule to fast drivers--the mirror image
of that would not be fast.
In any event, it is probably reasonable to ticket people who deviate too
much from the flow of traffic whether it is too fast or too slow.

Along those lines, just as the penalty for driving too slowly should be
great in you are in the fast lane but small (or even tolerated) for
driving slowly in the right lane, so it would make some sense for
speeding in the right lane to have a greater penalty than in the left
lane.  Say I am driving 74 mph in the center lane where the limit is 65
mph, and someone is overtaking me in that same lane at about 84
mph--that overtaking driver should always pass me in the left lane
(assuming that it is not blocked by a slowpoke). Yet about 50% of the
time, people will pass on the right even though left is open.  This is
annoying because in this case, I would tend to pull over to the right to
let the overtaking car pass--and I fear that some time I may get
rearended.  (I tend to assume that if you are 10 mph over the limit it
is reasonable to cruise in the center lane unless someone behind you
needs to pass.)