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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