Re: Passing/Lane Hogs

[Linus Toy <linust@mindspring.com>]

At 03:42 PM 2/9/97 -0800, Mark Badger wrote:
>Peter Henriksen wrote:
>> What's the point in making passing on the right illegal if you can't
>> teach people to stay to the right?

over the years driving between Seattle and points south (Calif) I am
embarrassed to note that the left-lane bandit on I-5 more often than not
wears a Washington license plate.

>the california highway code says that slow traffic should keep to the
>right, but we all know the reality on the roads.

in more recent years, i've noticed more an more people using the left lane
as a primary lane, the right to pass.  possibly due to the overuse of the
right lane and its poor condition--MUCH noisier/rougher ride in the right
lane than the left lane--like I-5 between Sacramento and the Oregun :) border.

2 pennies
--linus
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