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mharriso@utdallas.edu (Mark A Harrison) said:
>Marc (Gumby@tamu.edu) wrote:

>: illegal.  The lawyers (you know, the people that actually *do* know
>: the law) I have talked to have said that it would apply.

>: What was the name of the person you talked to, and how could I reach
>: him?

>I'm sure you'll reciprocate by posting the same information for
>your lawyers?

Well, one was my father, Richard Whinery.  His phone number is
available upon request over email only.  I'd be happy with just
the name of the person he talked to.

>: If you have a legal refrence that explains that "normal" and "illegal"
>: are mutually exclusive, I'd be happy to examine it and admit my error.
>: However, you'll notice the wording of the law "normal vehicles of the
>: other vehicles at the time and place" isn't is any way excluding the
>: ones that are traveling faster than the posted maximum.

>How about the situation where about 500 cars are going 70 and one
>car want to go 80?  The cases where I don't pull over are (1) I'm
>passing cars myself and (2) I'm blocked by an entire freeway full
>of cars that aren't going any faster than I am.

Well, if the "70s" are going the exact same speed, then they
should be in the right lane, as they aren't passing anyone, so
there wouldn't be any problem.  If the freeway is "full" and
there isn't even space for people who want to go 70 to go 70,
then there isn't much chance of anyone going close to 80 without
violating a large number of laws, along with driving unsafely.

There is no law to prevent people from passing at .0001mph faster
than the person they are passing, but I'd hope that you'd be nice
enough to either speed up while passing, or slow down before the
pass to let the person by before passing.  I do.

Marc
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