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Old February 2nd 05, 08:40 PM
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Usual Suspect wrote:
> Olaf Gustafson wrote:
>
> >>3. The left lane is typically faster than other lanes

> >
> >
> > Not with you blocking it, it's not.

>
> Again, you are arguing from some sort of communist perspective. My

driving
> in the left lane does not slow it down FOR ME.
>
> >>4. I don't especially like changing lanes (to pass or whatever)

> >
> > Or obeying the law, apparently.

>
> What law? AFAIK "Slower traffic keep left" is a recommendation, even

when
> posted. (If you think it's a law in CA, post a relevant reference).
>
> Regardless, it's not enforced. I was once driving at night on a

divided road
> with 2 lanes in each direction. The speed limit was 40 mph and I was

going
> at about 7 mph over the limit, or so. I was driving in the left lane

of
> course. Now an SUV comes out of nowhere and passes me in the right

lane.
> Just as he or she does that, a police cruiser that was hiding in the

dark
> turns on its lights and stops that speeder. Would he have stopped me

if it
> were not for the SUV? I don't know, but I like to think that my

LLB'ing, as
> you call it, paid off.


simply because a speeding ticket is easier to make stick in court.

Just because you got away with something doesn't make it any less
wrong.

nate

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