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Finally, a long overdue change. But calling it an "anti-road rage" measure is stupid. The only justification needed is the improvement it could make in traffic flow by getting rid of the rolling road blocks we have now. Alabama lawmakers pass bill to keep slow drivers out of left lane By Mike Cason | mcason  al.com Alabama lawmakers today passed a bill to prohibit driving in the left lane on interstates without passing vehicles. The bill, dubbed the “anti-road rage act,” passed the Senate today by a 31-1 vote. It had already passed the House. The bill would prohibit staying in the left lane on interstate highways for more than a mile and a half without passing a vehicle. It would allow exceptions for traffic congestion, inclement weather, emergency vehicles, and preparing to take a left lane exit. The sponsor is Rep. Phillip Pettus, a Republican from Lauderdale County and a retired state trooper. The bill goes to Gov. Kay Ivey, who could sign it into law. Law enforcement could issue only a warning citation for the first 60 days after the bill became law. From al.com
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New York drivers did not bear right ever, hence the Term "New York Driver". It is only common sense to stay to your right and pass on the left, sign of the times when it has to be legislated in.
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Unfortunately there has to be a law for this but citations may be the only way to get idiots not to drive like idiots.
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Lot of states have a similar law. I've never heard of it being enforced.
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If there was ever a state that needed it, it is Alabama. Thats my perspective from lots of time living there.
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Hooray for Alabama. I hope it works for them.
This is one of my pet peeves. The problem is that I don't think they teach this in driving school anymore or something. Combined with all of the foreigners on the road that don't know any better. MD passed a similar law a couple of years ago, but it only applies to interstate highways with 3 or more lanes in each direction. Nobody knows of this law and I don't think they enforce it either.
If they would just educate the general public with signage, they would probably have better results. They also need to put up signs in Spanish too. The majority of offenders are Hispanic.
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Call it the "GTFO of the way aśshole!" bill.
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Lot of states have a similar law. I've never heard of it being enforced. Michigan tries to enforce the "keep righ unless passing" law. Yet morons still move into the left lane and stay there immediately upon entering a freeway.
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Lot of states have a similar law. I've never heard of it being enforced. In Oklahoma, there are warning signs posted and violators are ticketed.
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So how fas is considered slow? Is 10 over slow? How about 20 over? Is that still slow? So if I’m passing someone and going 80 in doing so, I’m still considered a pain in the ass to the dude that wants to be going 90+. That’s the real a-hole on the road.
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New York drivers did not bear right ever, hence the Term "New York Driver". Interesting - around here it's known as "MN driver".. It is only common sense to stay to your right and pass on the left, sign of the times when it has to be legislated in. The operative words there are "common sense" - severely lacking in a LOT of drivers..
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So how fas is considered slow? Is 10 over slow? How about 20 over? Is that still slow? So if I’m passing someone and going 80 in doing so, I’m still considered a pain in the ass to the dude that wants to be going 90+. That’s the real a-hole on the road. The problem lies in the a-holes that stay in the left lane after they've made the pass and clog up the left lane. So after you make the pass and move to the right, the dude that's going 90+ can go on his merry way and kill himself when a deer runs out in front of him. If you were to stay in the left lane, Mr. 90+ will have to snake his way around you in the right lane and in between all of the other slower traffic and possibly kill all of you.
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So how fas is considered slow? Is 10 over slow? How about 20 over? Is that still slow? So if I’m passing someone and going 80 in doing so, I’m still considered a pain in the ass to the dude that wants to be going 90+. That’s the real a-hole on the road. The problem lies in the a-holes that stay in the left lane after they've made the pass and clog up the left lane. So after you make the pass and move to the right, the dude that's going 90+ can go on his merry way and kill himself when a deer runs out in front of him. If you were to stay in the left lane, Mr. 90+ will have to snake his way around you in the right lane and in between all of the other slower traffic and possibly kill all of you. I get it. I’m just saying that I shouldn’t have to be obliged to floor it when some a-hole come flying up. I’m certainly glad to move over once the pass is made. I just shouldn’t have to accommodate the pos that is barreling down the road.
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Lot of states have a similar law. I've never heard of it being enforced. Yep, usually enforced when a cop needs to meet his "minimum performance standards" (not a quota....NOT).
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So how fas is considered slow? Is 10 over slow? How about 20 over? Is that still slow? So if I’m passing someone and going 80 in doing so, I’m still considered a pain in the ass to the dude that wants to be going 90+. That’s the real a-hole on the road. The problem lies in the a-holes that stay in the left lane after they've made the pass and clog up the left lane. So after you make the pass and move to the right, the dude that's going 90+ can go on his merry way and kill himself when a deer runs out in front of him. If you were to stay in the left lane, Mr. 90+ will have to snake his way around you in the right lane and in between all of the other slower traffic and possibly kill all of you. I get it. I’m just saying that I shouldn’t have to be obliged to floor it when some a-hole come flying up. I’m certainly glad to move over once the pass is made. I just shouldn’t have to accommodate the pos that is barreling down the road. Good post.
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Truckers are the worst and most frustrating left lane bandits. They seem to wait until you are just about to pass them (with absolutely nobody behind you,) then they dart over into the left lane, (requiring you to brake hard,) usually on a long uphill grade, and drive side by side with another 18-wheeler for miles before finally overtaking the rig and moving over. Total dumb asses IMO.
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So how fas is considered slow? Is 10 over slow? How about 20 over? Is that still slow? So if I’m passing someone and going 80 in doing so, I’m still considered a pain in the ass to the dude that wants to be going 90+. That’s the real a-hole on the road. The problem lies in the a-holes that stay in the left lane after they've made the pass and clog up the left lane. So after you make the pass and move to the right, the dude that's going 90+ can go on his merry way and kill himself when a deer runs out in front of him. If you were to stay in the left lane, Mr. 90+ will have to snake his way around you in the right lane and in between all of the other slower traffic and possibly kill all of you. I get it. I’m just saying that I shouldn’t have to be obliged to floor it when some a-hole come flying up. I’m certainly glad to move over once the pass is made. I just shouldn’t have to accommodate the pos that is barreling down the road. Exactly what I was going to say! I have people get mad at me all the time for driving in the left lane, because even though I AM passing traffic in the right lane, I'm just not doing it as fast as they would like. I don't like to go more than 5 over the speed limit, and where I live the interstate is 70 mph, so I'll do 75 in the left lane, and maybe will bump it up to 76-77, to try to placate someone who comes up behind me like we're on a racetrack. But I refuse to go any faster and I also refuse to move over into traffic on the right that's going a lot slower than I want to go. What many people don't seem to realize is that the speed limit still applies to the left lane.
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The problem, from my perspective, is in the sanctimonious old a’holes out in the left lane who are going 4 mph faster than the line of slow movers they’re creeping by, getting a line built up behind them of people trying to move at reasonable 2019 speeds and have the attitude, “Nobody needs to be going faster than I am.”
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I get it. I’m just saying that I shouldn’t have to be obliged to floor it when some a-hole come flying up. I’m certainly glad to move over once the pass is made. I just shouldn’t have to accommodate the pos that is barreling down the road.
Nor should you have to immediately move back into the right lane by unsafely squeezing between two bumpers while passing a bunch of slow movers either. The typical 95+ mph tailgater believes you either must risk a ticket speeding or immediately move to the right lane when it is unsafe to do so. They can't see past their perceived gross inconvenience of having to slow down even a little for the time it takes someone moving slower than them to pass a truly slow group in the right lane. Just because there is enough room for a car to physically fit between two cars in the right lane totally ignores maintaining an assured distance from the car in front. Never mind if that car in front in the right lane brakes for whatever reason while trying to squeeze in, causing a rear end collision.
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