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In <35c2d8e5.277400844@news.v-wave.com> grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon
Sommerville) writes:

[ on the subject of alleged 'passing' lanes ]

>>I don't think the California motor vehicle code contains any such
>>definition.

>Do you only do what is required of you by law?  Does the concept of
>driving courtesy not exist in California?

I don't see the 'passing lane' concept as having anything to do with
courtesy.  It's merely something the faster drivers would like to have.
(And I would like have more money.)

The 'passing lane' concept works only if the highway is sparsely-enough
populated such that all vehicles will fit in all lanes but one, and
still maintain safe following distances.  Then you can have one lane
left almost empty.  Last night, as I drove home at 12:45 am, I noticed
that such was the case.  I was happy to stay away from the leftmost lane,
just in case a faster motorist came along.

However, during most of the daytime driving hours, there simply is not
enough highway capacity here to leave one lane unused.  It's a waste of
precious highway funds to build one more lane and then reserve it for
use by a tiny minority of motorists.  As it is, motorists generally
follow too closely.  It doesn't make sense to me to worsen the situation
by squeezing them more to the right, leaving one lane empty and making
following distances even shorter in the remaining lanes.
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