Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site trsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!trsvax!mikey From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: >55 mph and Legality - (nf) Message-ID: <55200079@trsvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 13:14:00 EDT Article-I.D.: trsvax.55200079 Posted: Wed Jun 20 13:14:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Jun-84 03:08:26 EDT References: <187@loral.UUCP> Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:loral:-18700:trsvax:55200079:000:956 Nf-From: trsvax!mikey Jun 20 12:14:00 1984 #R:loral:-18700:trsvax:55200079:000:956 trsvax!mikey Jun 20 12:14:00 1984 It is not an unwritten law of the road that the left lane is the fast lane. It is written in the uniform traffic code that was approved by congress sometime around the late sixties. This law gave the states somewhere around 10 years to get their traffic laws consistant or loose federal highway funds. Things that were covered were the order of colors on traffic lights, right turn on red, etc. One of the provisions was use of left lane in turning (for left on red lights) on one way streets and I believe there was a provision about keeping right except to pass. If it's not explicitly written, it is in one of the catch-alls, else why did a lot of states bother to post "Keep Right except to Pass" signs. Maybe states just like to spend money. I know of one person who got a ticket in PA for driving in the left lane on I-80. The specific offense on the ticket was "Illegal use of left lane". mikey 55, it's not just a good idea, it S*CKS!