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goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) writes:
|This is the greatest difference between lane discipline laws in Europe
|and the US, IMHO.  In Europe, both the passEE and the passER are in
|violation of the law in a right-hand-passing situation.  In the US,
|the passEE is generally in violation of the state's "keep right" law,
|but since enforcement of this law is usually quite rare, we are
|consequently cursed with an abundance of left-lane hogs.

The passER is often the violator.  It is common for the following
situation to occur:

|   |   |
|       |
| A |   |
|       |
| C | B |
|       |
|   |   |

A is moving faster than B, has just passed B, and is one car length
ahead of B.  A intends to move to the right lane as soon as s/he is
safely ahead of B (i.e. so as not to make a rude / unsafe lane
change).  But behind A is C, who, instead of following A at a safe
distance (and perhaps flashing lights or something like that),
tailgates immediately.  When A gets one car length ahead of B, C
"threads the needle" (between A and B) to pass A on the right
(of course, C never signals his/her lane changes).  Sometimes this
happens even when A has turned on right turn signal in advance.

So A and B are in compliance with the law, while C is violating
the law (and creating an unsafe situation) by tailgating, making an
unsafe lane change, and not signaling.  Note that C is not even giving
A a chance to move safely to the right lane.

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Timothy J. Lee                                                   timlee@
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