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"Ken M." wrote:
> 
> Rural Lawmaker Wants to End Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes
> 
> By Lisa Rein
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Sunday, February 11, 2001; Page C01
> 
> RICHMOND -- Rural lawmakers incensed by slowpokes who swoop
> to the left side of a highway and refuse to budge have pushed a
> bill through the Virginia House of Delegates that would resolve
> once and for all who owns the fast lane.
> 
> If the bill becomes law, drivers could not merely motor in the
> left lane. They would have to use it for passing only.
> 
> "People can't get by. They blow their horns. They blink their
> lights. They take chances," said Del. Joseph P. Johnson Jr.
> (D-Washington), the bill's co-sponsor and a self-described
> country lawyer from the town of Abingdon, pop. 7,400, 14 miles
> from the Tennessee line. "It creates what we refer to as driver
> rage."

Yesterday I drove 315 miles of Route 81, from (near) Bristol, TN to
Route 66 in Virginia. I only saw one car (the entire trip) tie up
the left lane. He was driving at 65 mph -- the limit.

I also experienced the newer "60 mph limits" in a few small
areas and the limit was being ignored by everyone! Most drove
at 65-70. Many trucks on the road last night and we just kept
driving along (average speed 73) with no problems.

JOHNSON CITY, TN: Yesterday at 4 pm I was driving along I-181
near Roane Road, in Johnson City, Tennessee. I looked over
and saw a car that had rolled over! I don't know the name
of the road; it was off the interstate. Here is the photo:

http://www.zyworld.com/maryland/tn-rollover1-2-19-01.JPG

I wonder if the driver was seriously injured?
-- 
(ken)


Is this photo an optical illusion -- or is it real?
http://www.zyworld.com/maryland/1-illusiont1.JPG
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