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In <Pine.SUN.3.96.980710135451.29319E-100000@eve.speakeasy.org> Galaxie
500 XL <galaxie@speakeasy.org> writes:

>;*}I stand by my claim that In most urban areas in the country driving in
>;*}the leftmost lane is ALWAYS illegal.  Either you are speeding or you are
>;*}obstructing traffic.  If you know of urban highways where the majority
>;*}of motorists in the left lane are not breaking the law, please provide
>;*}specific examples.

>I-5 through seattle during Rush hour, The Dan ryan Expressway in Chicago
>during Rush hour, 1-90 anywhaere from Seattle to bellevue if you have two
>or more people in your vehicle, anywhere the farthest left lane is the
>express lane and you meet the qualifications, need I go on? Or are you
>just dense and satisfied to follow the 18 wheelers in the right lane?

If I were really picky, I would point out that during the rush hour, you
are obstructing vehicles behind you, because you are going slower than
they want to go.  Some people have stated that if the motorist behind
you wants to go faster than you are going, you must change lanes to the
right.  And others have claimed that the leftmost lane is always the
passing lane.  If you aren't passing, move right.  So what if the left
lane is marked for carpools etc.?  The law doesn't require you to use
that lane, it only requires non-corpools to not use it.

But I'm not in a picky mood, so I will let the above pass.

We seem to have a handful of examples so far:  The above, and also
somebody mentioned Colorado.  I am not able to personally verify them,
so we could assume for the sake of argument that they are valid
examples.

So does anybody care to challenge my claim that in "most" urban areas
vehicles in the leftmost lane are either obstructing traffic or
speeding?  Simply mentioning rush hour doesn't cut it, because the day
is quite a bit longer than that.
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Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>