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Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: Joel Garry
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:00
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On Thu, 09 Jul 1998 20:49:48 -0700, Richard Berkeley <bummer@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>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.

You amaze me.  I'd be happy to be as far away from someone as possible at
3:00 AM.

>
>Richard
>


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From: joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry)
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/07/11
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