Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: Howard Sockrider
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:00

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Here in south Texas the left lane is MUCH smoother.  The large trucks have
really smashed the roads.  In some cars the right lane really beats you up.
Anyway during the day there are way more cars than will fit in one lane.

Richard Berkeley wrote in message <35A58F5C.7B950315@ix.netcom.com>...
>Joel Garry wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 08 Jul 1998 22:36:37 -0700, Richard Berkeley
<bummer@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >have had two Troopers (well, three if you counted in the Opel Monterey)
and still will
>> >buy another Trooper.
>> >
>> >And if you're on the left lane going 10-15 over, you're breaking the
California law.  If
>> >nobody's around you, the "slowest" vehicle applies to you - faster or
slower, doesn't
>>
>> Please give a cite for this.
>
>The signs "Slower Traffic Stay Right" have led me to this conclusion.
Also, California IS a
>flash-to-pass state.
>
>If I'm the only car on the highway, I'm both the faster and slower traffic.
Since being
>"slower" also applies, I have to move to the right.  Unfortunately, nobody
follows it and a
>few cops that I've spoken to (none of them CHP's, but city cops who are
also knowledgeable)
>have said that it's actually illegal to stay on the left on highways that
have such signs
>posted.  They used to have that here in Orange County, but they took it
down once the carpool
>lanes were set up.  That SUCKS.
>
>Still, I stay on the right.  Seeing sports cars on the far left lane at
3:00 a.m. just PISSES
>me off.
>
>Richard
>

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From: "Howard Sockrider" <hlsockNOSPAM@pdq.net>
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/07/12
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