Finally! Someone ticketed for going too slow in the fast lane
03-13-2013, 04:55 PM
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Finally! Someone ticketed for going too slow in the fast lane
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...211957738.html
One of my biggest pet peeves. If you're in the fast lane and going slow then
A Maryland woman has gotten a very unusual speeding ticket for driving a mere two miles under the speed limit on Interstate 95.
Local NBC affiliate News4 reports that the woman, who asked to keep her name anonymous, was driving 63 miles per hour in a 65-mph zone. Police say the reason they ticketed her was that she was driving in the left lane reserved for speedier commuters.
"[I was] really shocked," she told the station. "I thought, 'Oh my God, you've got to be kidding me.'"
Of course, commuters who get annoyed by someone hogging the right lane might salute the move.
However, the woman noted the area was experiencing heavy winds at the time and she was only driving under the speed limit as a safety precaution. She also claimed to have never been ticketed before.
"Sometimes when it's dangerous, you have to do what you can to stay safe," she said.
She has one ally on her side: the local branch of AAA.
"The reason [the ticket] is silly is because it's sending the wrong message," said John Townsend of AAA Mid-Atlantic. "And that is, 'We will tolerate you driving at more than the speed limit, but it you drive below the speed limit, then you're penalized for that.'"
Local NBC affiliate News4 reports that the woman, who asked to keep her name anonymous, was driving 63 miles per hour in a 65-mph zone. Police say the reason they ticketed her was that she was driving in the left lane reserved for speedier commuters.
"[I was] really shocked," she told the station. "I thought, 'Oh my God, you've got to be kidding me.'"
Of course, commuters who get annoyed by someone hogging the right lane might salute the move.
However, the woman noted the area was experiencing heavy winds at the time and she was only driving under the speed limit as a safety precaution. She also claimed to have never been ticketed before.
"Sometimes when it's dangerous, you have to do what you can to stay safe," she said.
She has one ally on her side: the local branch of AAA.
"The reason [the ticket] is silly is because it's sending the wrong message," said John Townsend of AAA Mid-Atlantic. "And that is, 'We will tolerate you driving at more than the speed limit, but it you drive below the speed limit, then you're penalized for that.'"
One of my biggest pet peeves. If you're in the fast lane and going slow then
03-13-2013, 05:32 PM
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03-13-2013, 08:12 PM
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If there is a left lane and you are under-speed in it, you suck.
However
The left lane was the fastest lane on the way home for me today and it was more like 20MPH than 70 at times. The minimum legal speed on Texas highways is 45 and yet nobody got a ticket for going too slow. It depends on conditions. What does NOT depend on conditions is if you get a ticket for going too slow, it is 100% certain you were being obnoxious about it.
However
The left lane was the fastest lane on the way home for me today and it was more like 20MPH than 70 at times. The minimum legal speed on Texas highways is 45 and yet nobody got a ticket for going too slow. It depends on conditions. What does NOT depend on conditions is if you get a ticket for going too slow, it is 100% certain you were being obnoxious about it.
03-13-2013, 10:29 PM
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I didn't think it was possible. But thinking about left lanes are for traffic moving faster, commuters, or passing if the part of the highway she was on was for that then its a justifiable ticket. I don't see a reason for it being a news story tho.
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PA State Law: you cannot be in the left lane for more than a mile unless you are physically passing someone. However I have never seen this enforced.