Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
So if I'm on a 3-lane highway and someone in the left lane is going slow it would be illegal for me to just chang eover to a different lane and go around him? That's the must F"ing retarded thing I've ever heard.
Speeding is retarded and illegal but people still do it. Passing on the right is more dangerous than people realize, no matter what kind of vehicle you are driving or passing. Honestly, if people in this country could learn how to merge with traffic, then we wouldn't have these problems.
OK, so here's a scenario for you.
3 or 4 lane each direction Interstate (Freeway, Expressway, Highway, call it what you want.)
Speed Limit: 55.
Someone in left lane driving 45.
Me driving 55 in the center lane.
Am I supposed to come right up until I'm even with the other car and then slow down to 45 because otherwise I'd be "passing on the right"? That's stupid. And say I'm in the left lane as well. I can't just move over? I'm supposed to just sit there hoping maybe the jackass driving 45 might move over someday?
Why do you think there are more than one lane? So people can go around other people.
Passing on the right, when you leave the paved road and use an emergency lane, gravel shoulder, etc, could be illegal... but not just using a valid travelling lane on a valid highway when you are in a different lane than someone else...
Yes, get the people to move over form the left lane. But if they don't, you can't make it illegal to go around them.