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From: richard@gryphon.UUCP
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,ca.general,soc.singles,alt.flame
Subject: Re: CA law regarding left-lane driving
Message-ID: <2507@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 02:47:39 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  7 02:47:39 1987
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Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
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Summary: Jerk

In article <888@plx.UUCP> jeffh@plx.UUCP (Jeff Huntington) writes:
>
>The key here is "Normal flow of traffic"  A very common situation (at
>least in the Bay area) is for three lanes of traffic to be moving at
              ^^^^^^^^^
              Worst drivers in the world. Except France.

>approx. the following speeds.  Right lane: 50-55, Center lane: 56-60,
>Left lane 61-65.  Everything in moving along reasonably well when along
>comes some ya-ho flashing their lights  and cutting back and forth between
>lanes as they try to do 75.  Then, as if that isn't bad enough, they try
>to defend a position that it is their right to go 75, and everyone else
>should pull over (which means slow down) so they drive at whatever speed
>they choose.
>
>I don't think it is suppose to work that way!

Who gives a rats ass what you *think*. I did some research, as in call
a couple of police stations, and call a few cop friends. 

to paraphrase:

	"You are supposed to get the FUCK out of the way of ANYBODY
	if you are in the #1 lane. Thats why its called the passing
	lane. Its not the 5 mph faster that the #2 lane, it's the
	PASSING LANE. If you are doing 70 in the #1 lane, and
	you obstruct somebody doing 75, you can be cited for
	obstructing traffic. It is not your place to judge
	somebody else, as to whether they are going too fast.
	You are supposed to get into the #1 lane to pass somebody
	then get out."

Got it nitwit ?
-- 
Richard J. Sexton
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