Would it be legal to mangle traffic in protest, by going the proper speed?

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: SirStev0

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: Garet Jax

Originally posted by: amdhunter
For example, in Manhattan, the FDR drive has a speed limit of 40MPH, but generally traffic flows ~55-65 when you can...

How illegal would it be to gather around 20 people, and have them all hover around 39MPH on the highway, on both the Northbound and Southbound lanes? I say 20 people are necessary so that they could avoid blocking all lanes in a single line, but maintain a position where no cars can pass (illegally, since to pass they'd have to speed.)

They wouldn't be breaking any laws, would they...or would the city tie in some obscure terror law or something to find a way to arrest or charge anyone who tried this?

Two guys in Canada drove the speed limit in side by side cars on the 2 lane 401 from Kingston to Toronto protesting a speeding ticket one of them received. No one could get by since the shoulder is largely non-existant.

The resulting traffic jam made the news as did the ticket both of them received.

hahaha now that is a ticket i would accept with a smile.

I agree... I hate when I am cruising at 80 with everyone else on the highway and you pass a cop. Its like russian roulette. One of you is going down... too bad you dont know who...

Standard proceudre is for the cop to ticket the first person in a gropup of speeding cars. That way, everyone else gets scared and some will slow down. Ticket the last person, and some might not see it or might not get as "scared". And technically, it is often the first person that is technically hit by radar anyways.

 

[ranmaniac]

I know to keep out of the left lane unless I'm prepared to drive a lot faster or pass someone. What really p*sses me off is the idiot parents who drive like nutballs going to pickup their kid from the daycare centers. They'll be the ones tailgating you in the "slow" lane, wanting to push your car to 50mph in the 35mph zone in areas that normally have cops readying their radar guns. I wish I had smokescreen or oilslick like in the James Bond films, and watch SUV soccermom crash into a pole and die!

 

[PAB]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: PAB

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Isnt it illegal to drive in the left lane for more than a mile or something?

:what:

I drove from home to Daytona yesterday - most of it in the left lane for about 80 miles.

Legal or not, the left lane is intended for passing only.

MAN, the responses of this thread are amazing. Hasn't anyone taking a dviing course before?

If the left lane was only used for passing, you'd have two speeds

Left lane: 80-90
Right lane: 45

There's no way you can only use a left lane as passing, you have to carry traffic on the left lane or the entire state slows down.