The difference is that no one in CA "pretends" to care what the signs say

Nov 21, 2014
2:15:58pm

tassell

Once you can accept that idea, everything makes a lot more sense.

The weird thing about Utah drivers is that so many are obsessed with the "letter of the law".

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heads up for all you slow left-lane drivers in Utah:

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 9:57am

I'm kind of confused as to how the left lane is technically the fast lane when

Ebolarama

11/21/14 9:59am

Not a fast lane, a passing lane. If you are not actively passing someone,

SandYFan

11/21/14 10:00am

^^^Expert^^^ Borderline traffic academic

concolor couguar

11/21/14 10:03am

I know my stuff! But seriously, if it takes traffic school to teach someone

SandYFan

11/21/14 10:06am

It's not the "fast lane," it's the "passing lane."

jaromp

11/21/14 10:00am

what do you mean? It's simple

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:00am

So if you are going 65, and someone is trying to pass you, you are both

Ebolarama

11/21/14 10:01am

yes

jaromp

11/21/14 10:02am

Got it. I just chill out in the middle and hope for the best

Ebolarama

11/21/14 10:02am

The police enforce the speed laws; not citizen drivers.

SoCalCoug

11/21/14 10:05am

The law says you must move over when being overtaken by a faster car.

Ragnar Danneskjold

11/21/14 10:02am

unless you are passing someone correct?

concolor couguar

11/21/14 10:04am

right, but as soon as you've passed that car, you need to get over

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:06am

at what point are you allowed to ram the cars in front of you with your rental

concolor couguar

11/21/14 10:07am

any time your rental is larger than the car you're ramming

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:09am

Don't know. The news cast just stated those words as the law. There might be

Ragnar Danneskjold

11/21/14 10:06am

Yes, definitely.

SandYFan

11/21/14 10:07am

That seems really difficult to enforce for an officer

concolor couguar

11/21/14 10:08am

Person chilling in the passing lane. More disruptive.

SandYFan

11/21/14 10:09am

they aren't speeding if they're stuck behind the slow idiot

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:11am

I am just trying to picture the scenario where on officer knows this is occuring

concolor couguar

11/21/14 10:20am

where what can be enforced?

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:21am

Wouldnt the officer have to see the other people come up on the blocker at a

concolor couguar

11/21/14 10:25am

no, just needs to see a long line behind the blocker

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:31am

There's a reason that signs state explicitly that left lane is for passing.

My Soapbox

11/21/14 10:24am

This seems like it would be the best way to fix this. No one can be in the left

concolor couguar

11/21/14 10:28am

I saw this last night... I think every news channel should run this story

TheDeek

11/21/14 10:00am

I'd also support them running a story every month on not pacing the car next to

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:02am

The problem is the idiots who do this are watching The Simpsons, not the news.

John Doe

11/21/14 11:15am

AKA Idahoans.

Virginia Ute

11/21/14 10:01am

those guys sure do like driving slow

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:03am

We're just obeying, honoring and sustaining the law.

Dread Pirate Westley

11/21/14 10:11am

Or breaking it, if you are squatting in the left-hand lane like you usually do.

Virginia Ute

11/21/14 10:12am

I'm just trying to set a good example.

Dread Pirate Westley

11/21/14 10:15am

When you are in the HOV lane, can't move over until get to designated area.

Hinta

11/21/14 10:15am

but as soon as you get to that designated area, move over.

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:20am

Make me.

Hinta

11/21/14 10:26am

The law as I read it said general lanes are where you have to yield

webster242

11/21/14 10:38am

People on here always talk about this. Since I grew up and still live in Utah

MantiCoug

11/21/14 10:21am

I've noticed that CA drivers aren't great about getting out of the left lane

BYUCoug11

11/21/14 10:23am

The difference is that no one in CA "pretends" to care what the signs say

tassell

11/21/14 2:15pm

There are "hall monitor" types in all 50 states that think it is there duty to

claw

11/21/14 11:27am

There just seem to be a lot more of them in Utah.

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