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Well, since these are in response to my original post...

Michael Zarlenga wrote:

> Yo (xyz@xyz.zom) wrote:
> : Sounds like you have a pretty complicated set of formulas you apply to
> : passing on the right or left.

No one ever said dealing with reality was guaranteed to be simple.


>  And this makes life easier for you?

Absolutely.


>  Why not
> : really make it easy for yourself and get the hell out of the left lane
> : unless you're passing!

1) At Limit + 8, I usually _am_ passiung.

2) If I'm not passing, we're both illegal at limit + 8 anyway, so why worry?

3) I _do_ endeavor to open a space on the right, by acclerating to such an area
on the road, so if someone _really_ wants to go around, they can, on the right.

4)  I _will_ get over if approached at my speed plus 10 or 15 mph so I have a
reasonable expectation that the person won't slow and block me into the right
lane at a speed lower than I want to travel (so I must then deal with it...)

> Amen.  And that's the law in some states, Massachusetts, for
> example.  MAGL 89-4B, if I recall.

Big whoop.  Already illegal at Speed Limit + 8.

Also, there are plenty of laws around that aren't enforced, like some of the old
ones that require the automobile to be preceded by a person on foot, rining a
bell or some such thing.  Do you obey those laws?  Of course you don't - because
they aren't enforced.  Keep right to pass isn't enforced anywhere in my
experience - never got a ticket for it, never knew anyone who got a ticket for it
(potential respondents don't bother - I don't know _you_).



>  The particular statute can
> also be used as a defense if pulled over for "passing on the
> right" by an unknowing officer since it mandates that you must
> drive in the rightmost lane possible and lists no exception for
> when passing other vehicles.

Cool.  Another straw in the heap of confilcting laws.


DPH

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